06/07/2022 - Regular Meeting

001HI. I'M NADIA COMBS, CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE SERVE MORE THAN 200,000 STUDENTS. THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL THROUGH ADULTS IN OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAM. I'M HENRY SHAKE WASHINGTON, THE BOARD VICE-CHAIR. OUR DISTRICT IS THE 7th LARGEST IN AMERICA, AND OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT NEARLY 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. OUR DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM ON SELECT TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN WHAT WE DO WITH. YOU ARE WELCOME TO E-MAIL OR MEET WITH ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY

002HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS TV, ON SPECTRUM CABLE CHANNEL 635 AND FRONTIER CABLE CHANNEL 32. MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE'LL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS. EVERY DAY. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES, TODOS LOS DIAS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. Nadia Combs: THE BOARD MEETING FOR JUNE 7, 2022, IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL

003NOW LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. TWO WEEKS AGO TODAY, OUR NATION WITNESSED A HORRIFIC ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST NOT ONLY THE MEMBERS OF UVALDE BUT ALSO THE TEXAS COMMUNITY, BUT AGAINST US ALL. IT WAS AGAINST ALL OF US, THAT HORRIFIC INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED. IT'S KIND OF TOUCHING. WE HAD, TRAGICALLY, WE HAD 19 STUDENTS AND TWO EDUCATORS LOST THEIR LIVES TO EVIL ON MAY THE 24th. THEY WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. INTENSIVE ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO REMEMBER THAT. WE STAND BEHIND UVALDE COMMUNITY AND STAND UP AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF

004ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. WASHINGTON. ONE WITHDRAWN ITEM, 10.02, APPROVE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN HARMONY AND INSPIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MEMBER SNIVELY AND MEMBER VAUGHN. WE HAVE FIVE SETS OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED TODAY. APRIL 12, 2022, SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP. APRIL 26, 2022, SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP. MAY 3rd, 2022 SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP. MAY 3rd, 2022 SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MEETING. AND MAY 10, 2022 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION BY

005MEMBER WASHINGTON. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE'RE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN TO SUCCEED AND OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AND OBJECTIVE AGENDA STATEMENTS AND OR QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU'RE ASKED TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.

006PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THERE ARE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON LIVE WEBCASTS, ON CABLE TV AND ON VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT ALSO CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONS IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN. THAT'S 6:00 EMPLOYEE INPUT. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND START TODAY WITH A RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS WITH PERFECT ATTENDANCE FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12th GRADE. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS RECOGNITION ALONG WITH AN MARIE COURTNEY, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WELCOME, EVERYONE. AS WE KNOW, ATTENDANCE SHOWS A VITAL ROLE ABOUT ONE'S SUCCESS ACADEMICALLY AND ENGAGED

007IN OUR SCHOOLS OUTSIDE AND INSIDE CLASSROOMS IN CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE STUDENTS RECOGNIZED FOR PERFECT ATTENDANCE. THOSE WHO ATTENDED KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12th GRADE FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS THAT HAVE NOT MISSED A DAY. WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, AND THAT IS SO REMARKABLE. THAT MEANS THAT STUDENTS HAVE ATTENDED SCHOOL FOR 2,340 CONSECUTIVE DAYS. I CAN TELL YOU, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO MAKE TWO WEEKS. HARD FOR ME TO MAKE TWO WEEKS, LET ALONE 2300 DAYS. THIS IS 13 YEARS OF 180 DAYS STRAIGHT OF BEING COMMITTED. THIS SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHO THESE STUDENTS ARE, THEIR DEDICATION, AND ALSO THE PARENTS AS WELL. PARENTS, PLEASE STAND UP FOR A MINUTE. LET'S RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. IT JUST SHOWS YOUR DEDICATION TO EDUCATION AND ALSO JUST SHOWS THE GRIT THAT OUR STUDENTS CONTINUE TO

008DEDICATE AND SHOW NO MATTER WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WHETHER A SICK DAY OR NOT SICK DAY, THEY ALWAYS SHOW UP AND GIVE BEST EFFORT GENERATIONAL. ALSO, WE WANT TO THANK SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION WHO CONTINUES TO BE AN ACTIVE PARTNER BY PROVIDING $5,000 SCHOLARSHIP. ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL ALSO -- $500. I DON'T KNOW IF CINDY IS HERE. I JUST GAVE A BUNCH OF YOUR MONEY AWAY. YOU GET ONE. IT'S NOT THE ELLEN SHOW OR OPRAH SHOW. I WISH IT WAS 5,000. IT'S 500. WE HAVE TO SAVE SOME FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THEY GET A BRAND-NEW LAPTOP. I'M GOING TO CHANGE THIS OVER TO ANN MARIE SO I DON'T GIVE ANYTHING ELSE AWAY. BUT CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. MR. DAVIS, CABINET MEMBERS. TODAY WE RECOGNIZE FIVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE SHOWN GREAT COMMITMENT TO

009THEIR EDUCATION THROUGH A DEMONSTRATION OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12th GRADE. JAMES WARMACK ONCE SAID COMMITMENT UNLOCKS DOORS OF IMAGINATION, ALLOWS VISION, AND GIVES US THE RIGHT STUFF TO TURN OUR DREAM INTO REALITY. I DON'T KNOW IF THESE FIVE STUDENTS WE RECOGNIZE STUDENT HAD A DREAM TO EARN PERFECT ATTENDANCE FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THEIR SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THEY CERTAINLY HAVE MADE THAT A REALITY. EACH OF OUR FIVE GRADUATING SENIORS WITH PERFECT ATTENDANCE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12th GRADE WILL BE PRESENTED A BRAND-NEW LAPTOP FROM OUR PARTNER IN EDUCATION, AS WELL AS OUR PARTNER FROM SUNCOAST SCHOOLS CREDIT UNION IS KINDLY PROVIDING EACH STUDENT WITH A $500 SCHOLARSHIP. THIS EVENING, WE HAVE CINDY HILTON, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION, WITH US THIS EVENING. MR. DAVIS HAD ALREADY RECOGNIZED HER. WE APPRECIATE HER

010BEING HERE THIS EVENING. IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE THESE FIVE EXTRAORDINARY STUDENTS TO YOU. TANNER JONES FROM SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL. ABIGAIL JONES FROM SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL. McKAYLA KENNEDY FROM STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL. PARIS MOZERELI, PLANT HIGH SCHOOL. AND JUSTIN PEREZ FROM JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS AND FAMILIES OF THESE INCREDIBLE STUDENTS. YOUR SUPPORT OF YOUR CHILD'S COMMITMENT TO THEIR EDUCATION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. STUDENTS, AS YOU BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL, I AM CONFIDENT THAT THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT FORECASTS MANY SUCCESSES FOR YOUR FUTURE. ANOTHER HEARTFELT THANK YOU FOR CINDY HILTON WITH SUNCOAST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION FOR THEIR GENEROUS SCHOLARSHIP AND TO OUR PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE NEW TECHNOLOGY. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATES. AT THIS TIME, BOARD MEMBERS, IF WE COULD TAKE A GROUP PHOTOGRAPH, PLEASE. THANK YOU

011SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES. THAT IS JUST A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND WILL KEEP THE BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKE THE TIME TO BE HERE. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD, COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE

012BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT, YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN AND A RED LIGHT AND THE CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. IF THE FIRST FOUR OR FIVE SPEAKERS CAN LINE UP ON THE LEFT. IF THE FIRST SPEAKER WOULD COME UP. MARK KLUTHO. HERE IS THIS ARTICLE FROM THE USA TODAY. MOMS FOR LIBERTY. AN EDUCATION ARMY BUILDS. THIS IS A MISPRINT. SHOULD BE MOMS FOR STUPIDITY. THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD READ. HEADLINE, TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO FIX CLIMATE, REPORT SAYS. WARMING MAY OUTSTRIP THE ABILITY TO ADAPT. FROM THE ST. PETE TIMES, RISING THREAT, PART TWO, ALREADY AT RISK. IT WON'T TAKE A PERFECT STORM TO WREAK HAVOC ACROSS TAMPA BAY.

013THE HEADLINE HERE, PARTS OF THE PLANET WILL BECOME UNINHABITABLE. GET READY FOR THE CLIMATE DISASTERS. REPORT, SEA RISE IS CLEAR AND PRESENT RISK. AND HERE IS A HEADLINE: START WARNINGS FOR THE WARMING PLANET. U.N. REPORT SPELLS OUT DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE. AND THEN HERE IS AN ARTICLE, HOTELS WITH NET ZERO AMBITIONS. NOW, GRANTED, IT IS A HOTEL, BUT THIS IS A TEMPLATE FOR HOW YOUR SCHOOLS SHOULD LOOK. THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH WALLS ARE WHERE YOU FIND THE GLAZING. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ON THE EAST AND WEST WALLS. THIS IS ONLY SOMETHING I'VE BEEN BRINGING FOR OVER 30 YEARS. NOW, I CAME HERE AFTER YOU HAD SUPPOSEDLY A GREEN BUILDING WITH A GREEN SCHOOL WITH ONE BUILDING ON THIS AXIS AND ONE BUILDING ON THIS AXIS, IT CAN'T BE GREEN. ORIENTATION IS THE FIRST

014STEP. IMBECILIC IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE. THE THREE Is. INEPT, INCOMPETENT, AND IRRESPONSIBLE. THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. AND THE FUTURE IS DIM. LET'S JUST HOPE THAT ONE OF THE IDIOTS WITH THE AR-15 DOESN'T SHOW UP AT ONE OF YOUR SCHOOLS. Nadia Combs: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. REVEREND DR. -- SENIOR PASTOR OF AME TEMPLE CHURCH IN FLORIDA. I PRAY THAT NOTHING LIKE THE LAST SPEAKER SAID EVER, EVER HAPPENS ANYWHERE, BUT MORE ESPECIALLY HERE. HAVING SAID THAT, I'VE COME TODAY FOR TWO REASONS. THE FIRST REASON IS TO ADVOCATE FOR HOWARD WESLEY BLAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. WESLEY BLAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HAS LONG BEEN A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL, LONG BEEN A BEACON OF LIGHT FOR CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE NATION, BUT MORE ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE IN WEST TAMPA. BEFORE THEN, IT WAS DON

015THOMPSON. AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE GEORGE MIDDLETON, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A BEACON FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GONE THERE. IT'S A SOURCE OF PRIDE. AND I PRAY THAT IT DOES NOT CHANGE. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP. LEADERSHIP THAT REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY AND I PRAY THAT WILL STAY THE SAME, AS I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AN ANCHOR. ALL WE GOT IS TWO SCHOOLS LEFT. DON'T TAKE NOTHING ELSE FROM US. SO I PRAY THAT TODAY THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT HOWARD WESLEY BLAKE SCHOOL STAY A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL, ALTHOUGH IT HAS A WONDERFUL MAGNET PROGRAM, I JUST HAD A DAUGHTER GRADUATE FROM THE TEACHING ACADEMY. I KNOW WHAT IT IS AS A MAGNET SCHOOL. IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE, BUT STILL A TRADITIONAL ANCHOR. I PRAY THAT WE KEEP IT THAT WAY. I THINK THERE ARE SOME

016FOLK OUT THERE IN SOME BLACK AND GOLD THAT MIGHT SEE IT THE SAME WAY. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT, AND I THINK THAT IF YOU LOOK HARD AND LONG, THERE'S SOMEBODY OUT THERE. I BELIEVE THERE'S SOMEBODY OUT THERE. I THINK IF YOU LOOK OVER IN SEFFNER THAT YOU MIGHT FIND SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE TRADITION OF MERGING MAGNET WITH TRADITION. AND I THINK THAT IF YOU LOOK HARD AND LONG AND I DON'T THINK YOU GOT TO LOOK FAR, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOMEBODY BY THE NAME OF VALERIE NEWTON WHO CAN STAND TALL IN THEIR POSITION. I GOT THAT OFF MY CHEST, IF YOU PERMIT ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS. I JUST STOOD WITH THE MAYOR ON ANOTHER ISSUE. I JUST STOOD WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE ON ANOTHER ISSUE. AND THAT IS

017VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT WE ARE OUT OF SCHOOL. TEACHERS ARE RELAXING AND VACATIONING WITH THEIR FAMILIES. PLEASE DON'T FORGET OUR BABIES. WE JUST HAD A 14-YEAR-OLD JUST HAD A 14-YEAR-OLD SHOT JUST YESTERDAY. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE VIOLENCE. I PRAY THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, I PRAY YOU ALL GOT A PLAN FOR THIS SUMMER TO KEEP OUR BABIES SAFE, TO INVEST SOME OF THE MONEY. I KNOW YOU ALL MOVE FROM THE RED TO BLACK. NOW IT'S TIME TO INVEST IN OUR KIDS EVEN FOR THE SUMMER, NOT JUST FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON. JASON FERGER. I AM A TAXPAYER. THERE IS A LABOR SHORTAGE, MANY CONTRACTS, BUT NO ONE CAN ANSWER SIMPLE QUESTIONS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, NO ONE,

018FOR THE MOST PART, IS EVEN BEING HIRED TO FILL THESE POSITIONS. NO, THE SOLUTION IS NOT MORE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO BE WASTED. ON DECEMBER 14, MARIE WHELAN BROUGHT TEACH FOR AMERICA CONTRACT. 200,000 GENERAL FUND DOLLARS BUDGETED, 0.0 TEACHERS HIRED WITHOUT CHANGING A SINGLE WORD ON MAY 10th THAT WAS BROUGHT BACK FOR RENEWAL, 100,000, AND NOW THERE ARE ALLEGEDLY FIVE TEACHERS WHO MAY BE HIRED NEXT YEAR. THAT'S 25 GRAND FOR 5 TEACHERS. WHY NOT HAVE A SIGN-UP BONUS AND GIVE IT DIRECTLY TO THOSE NEW TEACHERS. WHY ARE WE GOING THROUGH A THIRD PARTY? ON FEBRUARY 22, COREY MURPHY AND MARIE WHELAN BROUGHT A CONTRACT WHICH YOU APPROVED WITH EDUCATION PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL TO PLACE UP TO 75 TEACHERS. THE CONTRACTOR WAS FOR 100,012,000. WE ARE PAYING 13,500 PER FOREIGN TEACHER TO COME FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. THERE'S NO

019SAVINGS. IT'S JUST A WASH. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW AND NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER IS EXACTLY WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TO MONITOR THE FEE REFUND POLICY, WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE. BY FAR, MY FAVORITE CONTRACT IN THIS SUBJECT MATTER IS THE 22nd CENTURY TECHNOLOGY. THIS WAS VOTED ON NOVEMBER 16 MEETING. BROUGHT TO YOU BY WHELAN AND MURPHY, LITERALLY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS WERE SPENT AND ZERO, NADA, NONE, ZIPPO, ZILCH, NOT ONE, NOT ONE EMPLOYEE WAS HIRED. 2 MILLION GENERAL DOLLAR FUNDS BUDGETED, TAXPAYER EXPERIMENT THAT WAS FAILED. AFTER THE FACT, I'M BEING TOLD THE GOAL WAS NOT TO FILL POSITIONS PERMANENTLY, BUT DURING THAT MEETING, MARIE WHELAN SAID THIS. I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, WE WILL BE UNRELENTLESS IN OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS FOR THE DISTRICT AS WELL. IF THIS PROVIDES US

020A PIPELINE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS CAN BECOME OUR EMPLOYEES IN 90 DAYS, THAT'S OUR GOAL FROM IT. THANK YOU, DR. WHELAN. I'M KIND OF CONFUSED. THE RESPONSE I GOT WAS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TEMPORARY BUT SHE SAYS IN THAT MEETING THE GOAL IS TO HIRE THEM PERMANENTLY. ANYHOW, IN THAT CONTRACT THERE IS A STAFF PERFORMANCE METRIC WHICH DEALS WITH TURNOVER RATES, SINCE MAY 17, NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER ME SPECIFICALLY WHO MANAGES THIS CONTRACT. YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION BUT I DON'T HAVE THE TIME. YOU SEE THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES. I'M HERE TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO EXACTLY, NOT A GENERAL STATEMENT, BUT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THESE TYPES OF THINGS? WHY ARE THEY NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT SOME MAY DESCRIBE IS INTENTIONAL INCOMPETENCE. THANK YOU. LET'S GO LIGHTNING. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU.

021NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM LIZ HOLLY, A MEDIA SPECIALIST AT A LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOL. EACH YEAR WHEN I DO MY SIXTH GRADE LIBRARY ORIENTATION, THERE ARE THREE MAIN POINTS I WANT MY STUDENTS TO LEARN. THE FIRST IS THAT BOOKS CAN BE WINDOWS, MIRRORS AND DOORWAYS. STUDENTS CAN USE BOOKS AS WINDOWS TO ESCAPE THROUGH AND INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE WHEN THEIRS IS TOO TOUGH. BOOKS CAN BE MIRRORS, HELPING THEM SHAPE WHO THEY WANT TO BE AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHO THEY DON'T WANT TO BE. BOOKS CAN BE DOORWAYS THAT LEAD THEM TO DISCOVER THEIR PASSIONS AND PLAN FOR THEIR FUTURE. THE SECOND POINT IS THAT NOT EVERY BOOK IN THE LIBRARY IS FOR EVERY KID. SOME OF THE BOOKS ON THE LIBRARY SHELVES ARE BOOKS WITH KISSING AND SECRET GLANCES, AND SOME ARE BOOKS WITH

022FARTING ROBOTS AND DAD JOKES. AND SOME ARE BOOKS OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND FIGHTING FOR WHAT'S RIGHT. IT'S OKAY TO NOT READ EVERY BOOK BECAUSE NOT EVERY BOOK IS RIGHT FOR YOU, BUT IT MIGHT BE THE BEST, THE MOST IMPORTANT, AMAZING BOOK FOR SOMEONE ELSE. THE THIRD THING I WANT THEM TO KNOW IS THAT THE LIBRARY EXISTS BECAUSE THEY, MY STUDENTS EXIST. IT IS A CONSTANTLY EVER-EVOLVING COLLECTION FULL OF BOOKS THAT REPRESENT WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY ENJOY, WHAT THEY WANT TO LEARN. AND IT IS THESE THREE POINTS THAT BRING ME HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR SUPPORTING YOUR MEDIA SPECIALIST AND OUR PROGRAMS. YOU CONTINUE TO VALUE OUR ROLE IN THE COLLECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARIES THAT REPRESENT OUR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL SITES AND

023OUR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT A BOOK CHALLENGE IS A SITE-BASED ISSUE, THAT IT HAS A PROCESS TO BE FOLLOWED AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A DISTRICT-WIDE MANDATE. YOU HELPED FUND OUR VIRTUAL CATALOGS AND OUR LIBRARIES WHICH ALLOWS STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO CHOOSE THE BOOKS THAT ARE RIGHT FOR THEM. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF BOOKS, ALL BOOKS, THE BOOKS THAT ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO ESCAPE, TO GROW, AND TO DISCOVER. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JULIE AGAIN HARTS. PREROGATIVE IS LIKE PLANTING A SEED IN THE FERTILE SOIL OF A CHILD'S MIND. AN EXPLICIT NARRATIVE ACCOUNT IN THE MIND IT CAN NEVER BE ERASED. I WILL NEVER, EVER FORGOT WHAT I SAW FLIPPING THROUGH THE CHANNELS AFTER WHAT I SAW OVER 30 YEARS AGO. ONCE A

024CHILD IS INTRODUCED TO IT, IT CANNOT BE TURNED OFF. CHANGES THE WAY KIDS LOOK AT EACH OTHER. THEY BEGIN TO FANTASIZE ABOUT THEIR CLASSMATES. ONCE THEY GET THE FIRST TASTE OF PORN THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGIN CLIMBING TO THE NEXT LEVEL. JUST ASK TED BUNDY. QUOTE, I WOULD KEEP LOOKING FOR MORE POTENT MORE EXPLICIT MORE GRAPHIC KINDS OF MATERIAL. LIKE AN ADDICTION YOU KEEP CRAVING SOMETHING WHICH IS HARDER AND HARDER, SOMETHING WHICH GIVES YOU A GREATER SENSE OF EXCITEMENT UNTIL YOU REACH THE POINT THAT PER N PORNOGRAPHY SEXUAL ASSAULT IS RAMPANT. SINGLE CHILDREN IS EVIL. I KNOW THEY GET IT ON THEIR PHONES ILLICITLY. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO PUT YOUR STAMP OF APPROVAL ON IT BY PUTTING IT ON A SCHOOL SHELF? A FELONY OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING BUT APPROVED LITERATURE INSIDE. THIS IS SICKENING. IT

025IS BREAKING DOWN THE MORAL FIBER OF OUR COUNTRY. IT IS AN ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON THE FAMILY AND CHRISTIAN HERITAGE. THIS IS WHAT THE ELITES NEED TO GAIN MORE POWER AND CONTROL. SEX IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON EARTH AND THEY KNOW IT. SEPARATE CHILDREN FROM OLD TRADITIONAL VALUES OF THEIR DINOSAUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS. THIS IS PRECISELY HOW THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT OF CHINA GAINED CONTROL OF THE CHILDREN. THE ONLY PARENTS THAT GET A GOLD STAR ARE THE ONES WHO SUPPORT PROGRESSIVE SEXUAL IDEOLOGIES. ANY PARENT THAT ATTEMPTS TO CONVERSE WITH THEIR CHILD THAT DIFFERS FROM THE PROGRESSIVE IS SHUNNED AND VILIFIED. THIS IS WICKED. I SHARED BOOK LET.INFO. IT IS A HELPFUL WEBSITE FOR PARENTS TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT IS IN THESE BOOKS. AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE 41 BOOKS REVIEWED THAT CONTAIN THE HIGHEST SEXUAL AND EXPLICIT

026CONTENT. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS CONTAINS 40 OF THE 41 TITLES WITH 768 COPIES AND THIS IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. THERE ARE 150 MORE TITLES IN OUR LIBRARIES YET TO BE REVIEWED THAT I BELIEVE WILL ALSO BE RATED HIGHLY FOR SEXUAL CONTENT. PARENTS, PLEASE GO SEE FOR YOURSELVES. LOOK UP THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY VIRTUAL LIBRARY AND COMPARE IT WITH THE TITLES ON BOOKLET.INFO. TIME TO GET OFF THE SIDELINES, PARENTS. THIS IS AN ATTACK, AND WE NEED TO FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND THIS GENERATION. QUOTE, HE ALONE WHO OWNS THE YOUTH GAINS THE FUTURE, ADOLF HITLER. COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, WE ARE TAKING BACK OUR CHILDREN. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. ALYSSA HINES. I WASN'T SURE IF I WAS GOING TO SPEAK HERE TODAY. SPEAKING AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AS A

027CITIZEN CAN BE INFURIATING, NOT TO MENTION PUBLIC SPEAKING IS A HUGE FEAR OF MINE. IN FACT, PEOPLE FEAR PUBLIC SPEAKING MORE THAN DEATH. IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU WHAT A PARENT IS WILLING TO DO TO FIGHT AND PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN. WE SPEAK AND ASK QUESTIONS THAT REQUIRE ANSWERS AND NEVER GET THEM. WE BEG AND PLEAD WITH THE BOARD TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR INNOCENCE, STOP SEXUALIZING THEM WHILE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS. READ COUNCILLESS BOOKS THAT YOU ENCOURAGE IN OUR CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS FOR OUR CHILDREN TO READ. SOME UNIMAGINABLE LANGUAGE, EXTREMELY VULGAR BEHAVIOR THAT EVEN I AS AN ADULT CRINGE READING THEM. MOST OF YOU ON THE PODIUMS WON'T LOOK OUR WAY WHEN WE SPEAK. NOT SURE WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT ON YOUR PHONES THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO LISTEN TO CONCERNED

028PARENTS. NOT TO MENTION, YOU YOURSELVES HAVE THE AUDACITY TO TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT READING IS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND PUT THESE BOOKS ABOUT RAPE, INCEST, ORAL AND ANAL SEX AND PEDOPHILIA IN OUR LIBRARIES. NOT JUST FLIRTY GLANCES. THANK THEM FOR THE HARD WORK AND USE THE TIME TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BOOKS AND LIE ABOUT THE FORM'S ACCESSIBILITY TO CHALLENGE THEM. TRYING TO SAY THESE BOOKS ONLY HAVE A SMALL PART IN THEM THAT HAVE VERY DISTURBING CONTENT WHICH AGAIN IS FAR FROM THE TRUTH FOR A LOT OF THE BOOKS. WE KNOW BECAUSE WE'VE READ THEM. LET'S SAY THEY ARE CORRECT AND DETAILED SCENES OF AN OLDER BOY RAPING HIS YOUNGER COUSIN IS A SMALL PART OF THE BOOK. IS THAT CHAPTER REMOVED FROM THE BOOK BEFORE PLACED IN THE LIBRARIES? WHO IS THERE TO EXPLAIN THIS

029CHAPTER OF THE BOOK TO THE CHILD? NEEDLESS TO SAY, I KNOW I WON'T GET ANSWERS FROM ALL OF YOU. WHAT I DECIDED TO DO WITH THE REST OF MY TIME IS SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY MATTER IN MAKING A CHANGE IN OUR CHILDREN WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO PROTECT THEM -- THE PARENTS. IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE A LOT WHO SHOW UP TO THESE MEETINGS. THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS IN DOWNTOWN AT 4:00. BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT TOPIC. SO PARENTS AND FOR ALL OF YOU LISTENING AND WATCHING ALL OVER THE COUNTY, THE SUMMER IS HERE. SOME PEOPLE THINK OF IT AS SUMMERTIME TO RELAX AND UNWIND FROM THE SCHOOL YEAR. FOR PARENTS OF OUR COUNTY, IT IS TIME THAT WE NEED TO WORK HARDER THAN EVER FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. PROTECT OUR CHILDREN

030AND PREPARE THEM FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, HELP CATCH THEM UP ON SIMPLE PHONICS, READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC THAT STUDIES HAVE RECENTLY PROVEN IS NOT HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS. TIME FOR PARENTS TO REACH OUT AND SUPPORT THEIR TEACHERS AND WORK AS A TEAM. PARENTS DON'T BELIEVE THAT THESE BOOKS ARE IN YOUR SCHOOL. TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO LOOK THEM UP; THEY ARE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR. I FIRMLY BELIEVER THAT TEACHERS HAVE THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB FOR THE FUTURE. MY CONCERN IS WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS, NOT PROVIDING TEACHERS WITH THE PROPER BOOKS AND TEXT TO PROPERLY EDUCATE WITHOUT INDOCTRINATING OUR CHILDREN. NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS DID I THINK AS A PARENT I WOULD HAVE TO FIGHT SO HARD TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM PORN AND GROOMING IN A PLACE THEY SHOULD BE PROTECTED AND FEEL SAFE. THANK

031YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. OUR FINAL SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. ALLISON FERNANDEZ. I WANT TO SPEAK TO A TOPIC OF FINANCIAL FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. I LISTENED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECENT REMARKS ON THE POTENTIAL SALES TAX BALLOT INITIATIVE AND THE FACT THAT WOULD BE SPENDING AIMED AT TEACHER RETENTION, TEACHER ATTRACTION AND ALSO I NOTICED IN THE REMARKS THAT WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE DISTRICT HAS SLOWLY BEEN GAINING THE PUBLIC'S TRUST. AND I WANT TO SAY I UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT PAY IS TO RETENTION OF QUALITY EDUCATORS TO ATTRACT THEM TO THE JOB AND TO KEEP THEM IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. HOWEVER, I THINK THIS DISTRICT STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO TO SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT YOU HAVE IMPROVED AND ARE FISCALLY TRANSPARENT AND RESPONSIBLE. ONE ITEM COMES TO MIND. ON YOUR AGENDA, IT MIGHT

032BE AN ITEM YOU'RE VOTING ON TODAY OR IN THE FUTURE, BUT YOU'VE GOT CURRICULUM COMING AND THE SHIPPING COST FOR THIS CURRICULUM IS OVER $17,000. WHO'S REVIEWING THESE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE REASONABLE EXPENSES, THAT IS A REASONABLE SHIPPING COST? WHO REVIEWS THESE CONTRACTS? YOU'VE GOT A NUMBER OF POSITIONS FILLED THAT ARE NOT STUDENT-DRIVEN POSITIONS AND YET THOSE HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGED. THERE ARE MANY TIMES IN THE PAST WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PROMOTED OUT OF A POSITION THAT THEY'VE BEEN SHOWN TO BE BLATANTLY INCOMPETENT AND JUST MOVED TO ANOTHER POSITION. THAT DOESN'T ENGENDER A LOT OF TRUST IN THE PUBLIC. IT DOESN'T ENGENDER A LOT OF TRUST IF THE PUBLIC CALLS AND YOUR FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON SIMPLE THINGS ABOUT WHERE YOUR FUNDING COMES FROM AND HOW IT'S BEING

033SPENT. SO, ONE, I THINK IF WE'RE LOOKING TO HIRE PEOPLE, ALL HIRING DECISIONS, IN GENERAL, SHOULD BE ABOUT HOW THEY IMPACT THE CHILD IN THE CLASSROOM, DIRECTLY TO THE CLASSROOM. WE NEED TO REALLY CUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS, AND NO ONE LIKES THIS, BUT YOU DO NEED TO INCREASE YOUR MANPOWER IN YOUR FINANCIAL DIVISION BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE REPORTING THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO SEE. AND THE SPENDING REALLY, REALLY, EVERY TIME WE NEED TO SAY, HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE CHILD? I THINK AROUND 49% OF CHILDREN ARE READING AT OR BELOW GRADE LEVEL IN OUR ELEMENTARY SETTING. WHEN THEY COME INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SETTING, READING BELOW GRADE LEVEL, THEY DON'T CATCH UP. THEY DO THE BEST THEY CAN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEY GET

034THEM TO HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY ARE NOT CAUGHT UP, READING IS SUCH A FUNDAMENTAL SKILL, WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING VERY HEAVILY ON THAT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FUNDS GOING THAT DIRECTION. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS. THE FIRST RECOGNITION IS ADOPTION OF LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH, JUNE 1 THROUGH JUNE 30. MEMBER PEREZ WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS PROCLAMATION. Karen Perez: JUNE IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS THE TIME TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE LGBTQ+ EQUALITY AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SO MANY OF OUR LGBTQ+ STUDENTS AND STAFF. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY POOLS IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING VISIBILITY, DIGNITY, AND EQUALITY FOR LGBTQ+ PEOPLE IN OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY. CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH INFLUENCES AWARENESS AND PROVIDES SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR DISTRICT'S LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY

035TO TAKE ACTION AND ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE, TO STRENGTHEN ALLIANCES, BUILD ACCEPTANCE AND ADVANCE EQUAL RIGHTS. CELEBRATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS SUCH AS PRIDE MONTH, PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GREATER SUPPORT AND ACCEPTANCE OF OUR LGBTQ+ YOUTH AND ALLOWS US TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO CREATING AFFIRMING SPACES FOR LEARNING, EVERYONE IS TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH JUNE 1 THROUGH JUNE 30. MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ. A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO SECOND THE MOTION. THAT WAS ALL I WANTED TO SAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. HERE IN OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, I WANT OUR STUDENTS TO KNOW THAT IF THEY NEED SOMEONE TO

036TALK TO, THEY CAN DO THAT WITHOUT ANY KIND OF FEAR OR PRESERVATION WHATSOEVER. AS A BOARD MEMBER, ONE OF THE BIGGEST MESSAGES I CAN PROVIDE FOR OUR STUDENTS IS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT I'M HERE AS A BOARD MEMBER AND AN ALLY, AND THAT I SUPPORT THEM. OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING THIS AND HEARING THIS CONVERSATION CAN BE LIFE-CHANGING FOR THEM, BOARD MEMBERS. EVERY STUDENT MATTERS. WE ARE HERE TO TEACH AND NURTURE THE POTENTIAL IN EVERY SINGLE STUDENT. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WELCOMES ALL IN OUR SCHOOLS. SO HAPPY PRIDE MONTH TO EVERY LGBTQ STUDENT, STAFF MEMBER AND FRIENDS AND FAMILIES THAT SUPPORT THEM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MEMBER HAHN. YES, IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS OF THE ADOPTION OF JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY.

037MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS PROCLAMATION. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS, BLACK AMERICANS HAVE CELEBRATED FREEDOM AND RESILIENCE AND THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN JOURNEY ON JUNETEENTH. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JUNETEENTH IS AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO ALL OF US FOR THE MEANING OF FREEDOM IN OUR COUNTRY. JUNETEENTH IS A SIGNIFICANT DATE IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY AND THE RICH CULTURAL AFRICAN AMERICANS EXPERIENCE THAT TRANSCENDS MUSIC, FOOD, AND STORYTELLING. IT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE AND REFLECT AS A COMMUNITY. IT IS ALSO AN EMPOWERING MOMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO CONNECT AND UNITE IN CELEBRATION AND HONOR CULTURE AND SHARED EXPERIENCES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ. I HAVE A

038SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: I WANT TO THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON, AND ALSO EMBRACE THE INCLUSIONARY MESSAGE FROM MEMBER PEREZ. IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE DIVERSITY AND EMBRACE THE DIVERSITY. MEMBER WASHINGTON, YOU MENTIONED THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF JUNETEENTH DAY, AND IT'S SO CRITICAL BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, LOVING PARENTS AND TEACHERS, AND THE EXPERIENCE THAT A CHILD HAS LEARNING AND EMBRACING THEIR CULTURE GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO BECOME VERY WELL-MEANING INDIVIDUALS AS THEY GROW UP AND REALLY MOTIVATE THEM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHO THEY ARE, HOW THEY ARE GOING TO WORK WITHIN OUR SOCIETY AND GIVE THEM ASPIRATIONS AND DREAMS FOR THEIR FUTURE. I THANK YOU FOR THIS RESOLUTION, PROCLAMATION. NEEDED TO BE SAID. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER WASHINGTON. I'M CHANGING MY HAT.

039PASTOR CLEAT SUTTON, VICE PRESIDENT OF TAMPA JUNETEENTH COALITION. I HAVE FELICIA TUCKER JOHNSON. SHE WILL HAVE A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF THE COALITION. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF -- SHE'LL SPEAK FURTHER TO THAT AND ABOUT OUR PLAY THAT'S COMING UP AND OUR PAGEANT AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND WE HAVE DONE NUMEROUS CELEBRATIONS IN ORDER TO ENLIGHTEN PEOPLE AS TO WHAT DIVERSITY REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITH THE INCLUSION OF OUR CULTURE. SO TO STAND HERE TODAY ONE YEAR AFTER WE HAVE BEEN DECLARED A FEDERAL HOLIDAY WITH TAMPA BAY JUNETEENTH AND JUNETEENTH ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE NATION, WE ARE JUST GRATEFUL AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL BECAUSE OUR VERY FIRST QUEEN

040WHO WAS THE AMBASSADOR, CHLOE JONES, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SHE CAME TO THE PODIUM AND YOU ALL PRESENTED HER FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD A PROCLAMATION, AND IT HAS JUST BEEN TOTALLY MANIFESTING EVER SINCE. WE ARE JUST THANKING YOU. WE THANK GOD FOR WHERE WE'VE COME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ON THE 17th OF THIS MONTH WILL BE THE MS. JUNETEENTH PAGEANT IN THE AUDITORIUM AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. AND ON THE SATURDAY -- YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS, DR. TJ. YOU'RE MAKING ME LOOK BAD. I DON'T WORK FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. I'M JUST PASTOR SUTTON. DON'T FIRE ME, MR. FARKAS. WE'RE HAVING FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY ON WEDNESDAY AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION. THEY ARE HAVING A FLAG RAISING ON FRIDAY AT THE CITY OF TAMPA WITH MAYOR CASTOR. FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY -- IS

041IT HOIST THE FLAG? I AM EDUCATED A LITTLE BIT. I DON'T HAVE A DOCTORATE BUT THEY WILL HOIST THE JUNETEENTH FLAG OVER CITY HALL. ON THE 26th -- 25th, SEE THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE. I'M COMING HOME NOW. I'M IN CHURCH. ON THE 25th AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL -- ON THE 25th WE'RE HAVING A JUNETEENTH PLAY THAT I'M IN. I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF LINES. THANK GOD FOR THAT. IT WILL BE IN THE AUDITORIUM AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL AT WHAT TIME? LISTEN. VISIT OUR WEBSITE. WHICH ONE IS IT? TAMPA BAY JUNETEENTH COALITION.COM. ALL THE INFORMATION IS ON THE WEBSITE. THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU, CHIEF. I STILL GOT A JOB? GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU. THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHILDREN THAT ARE CONTESTANTS. DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF? DON'T BE SCARED.

042I'M NOT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANGELITA. I AM YOUR MS. JUNETEENTH 2021-22. I WILL BE GIVING AWAY MY CROWN FRIDAY. IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY FOR ME BUT I THANK MY PASTOR AND EVERYBODY WHO HAS HELPED ME. I THANK ALL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. I AM A FRESHMAN AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. I WILL BE A SOPHOMORE. HIGH SCHOOL IS DIFFERENT. BUT I'M GLAD AND I'M BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH IT AND THANK YOU. MY NAME IS PAVANAE SCOTT. TAMPA BAY JUNETEENTH PAGEANT COORDINATOR. WE HAVE SIX AMAZING CONTESTANTS THAT AWAIT THEIR CHANCE TO BE MS. JUNETEENTH TAMPA. THE WINNER WILL COMPETE NATIONWIDE WITH ALL STATES IN THEIR JUNETEENTH QUEENS. WE HAVE AN AMAZING HOST, DEANNE KING FROM CHANNEL 18. APRIL LUFRIU, MS. WORLD, MS. USA. WE HAVE FOUR AMAZING JUDGES. WE WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE

043YOUR SUPPORT IN COMING TO MIDDLETON AT 6 FOR THAT EVENT. THANK YOU. I GO TO MIDDLETON. NEXT YEAR I WILL BE A JUNIOR. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY PASTOR, PASTOR JOHNSON, AND IT WAS A JOURNEY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW MR. WASHINGTON IS GOING TO WALK YOU OUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. Addison Davis: LIEUTENANT SUTTON, SEE YOU IN THE MORNING AT 7:30. I AM JUST KIDDING. ACTUALLY, WE'VE GOT TEN-HOUR WORK DAY. PROBABLY BE AT 7. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, OF COURSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE. I NOW NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR.

044IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MR. WASHINGTON NOT ON THE DAIS. I WILL NOW CALL -- I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE TONIGHT. WE'RE VERY EXCITED. I WOULD NOW CALL ON SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS TO HIGHLIGHT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PRINCIPALS, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE SO MANY OF YOU HERE THIS EVENING. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE AND REALLY SUPPORTING THE NEW LEADERS AND EXISTING LEADERS TRANSITION TO NEW SCHOOLS. I'LL TELL ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS, THESE NEW LEADERS WILL NEED YOU CONSISTENTLY EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE THEIR DAYS WILL BE TREMENDOUSLY UNIQUE, BUT WE APPRECIATE THEM AND THEIR WILLINGNESS AND DEDICATION FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO LEAD THIS GREAT WORK IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE LEADERS THAT

045HAVE -- THAT ARE RETIRING. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION. I THINK AROUND 14 OR 15 THAT ARE MOVING TO RETIREMENT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION. WE KNOW THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY HARD. WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE A NUMBER OF LEADERS THAT HOPEFULLY THEY ARE HERE TONIGHT. IF YOU'RE HERE, HAVE THAT BEAUTIFUL WALK DOWN THIS LITTLE AISLE. WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME CELEBRATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. COME UP FRONT AND CELEBRATE YOU AND WE'LL START WITH THE PowerPoint WITH A FIRST WITH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE SCHOOL, THIS IS KAREN FRENCH. ARE YOU HERE THIS EVENING? KAREN FRENCH. MAKE THE WALK. MS. FRENCH STARTED TO TEACH HERE I THINK IN 1992, 1992, WHICH WAS JUST YESTERDAY. DID A LOT OF GREAT WORK. AP AT BURNETT, I BELIEVE. SAME TOKEN, MEMORIAL,

046WAS THE PRINCIPAL AT FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN TRANSITIONED TO FERRELL WHICH IS THE FIRST YOUNG WOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. MAGNIFICENT. SITS ON MY PRINCIPAL ADVISORY COUNCIL. SHE IS A GREAT LEADER. WELCOME TO THE NEW POSITION. CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO. HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS THAT START HERE IN 2001 AS MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER, HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER. BEEN IN ADMINISTRATION FOR 16 YEARS AND OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THE WORK. HAS BEEN AT MARTINEZ, ALSO AT WALKER. THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS A PRINCIPAL AT GRECO IN 2016 AND IN 2019 TRANSITIONED TO BURNETT. AND THIS IS NOW THE NEW PROUD LEADER OF BLAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MRS. VALERIE NEWTON. CONGRATULATIONS. I ALSO WANT TO SAY, NOT ONLY DOES MS. NEWTON HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRANSITION TO FOCUS ON TRADITIONAL BUT ALSO VISUAL AND

047PERFORMING ARTS, SHE IS ALSO A CHOIR DIRECTOR AS WELL, AND SHE CAN SING. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WANTS TO HIT A NOTE OR NOT. COME ON. WE HAVE ALL -- CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. ALSO HAVE A NEW LEADER, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR LEADERS TO COME IN AND REALLY HELP US IMPROVE OUR EXPERIENCE AND JUST TO LISTEN AND LEARN. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE CANDIDATE COME IN TO LEAD THE WORK AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, AS MS. KING -- THIS INDIVIDUAL COMES FROM PINELLAS COUNTY ALSO AS A CAMPUS PROVOST AT ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE. ALSO WAS A TEACHER MAGNET LEAD, MARKETING COORDINATOR, MAGNET COORDINATOR, PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, MOVED GIBBS HIGH SCHOOL FROM AN F TO A B IN TWO YEARS. THIS IS OUR NEW PRINCIPAL OF HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, DR. KEVIN

048GORDON. LET ME SEE. I HAVE TO SEE WHAT HE HAS ON TODAY. HE TRIED TO OUTDRESS ME THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES HE'S BEEN AROUND HERE. GAME ON. I'LL BE AT THAT SCHOOL FIRST DAY SEE WHAT YOU GOT. ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHNNY BUSH WHO HAS BEEN A MAGNIFICENT LEADER AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL. CONGRATULATING HIM FOR TAKING ON A NEW ROLE AT HASA. LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PARTNER. HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. FOR ALL THE HASA MEMBERS, BLOWING MY PHONE UP ALREADY. HE'S BEEN THERE FOR TEN MINUTES. JUST KIDDING. HE IS A GOOD LEADER. GRACEFUL LEADER BUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S BEEN AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL I BELIEVE FOR AROUND 22 YEARS. AN INDIVIDUAL THAT STARTED IN HERNANDO COUNTY. WON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST HER. TRANSITIONED TO TEACH AT SLIGH AND THEN

049ALSO THEN TRANSITIONED TO PLANT HIGH SCHOOL AND HAD MANY ROLES. I CAN TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, MY DAUGHTER TRANSITIONED TO GO TO PLANT. HELPED HER TREMENDOUSLY WITH HER SCHEDULE. PACKED IT UP. THIS IS A GRACIOUS LEADER THAT KNOWS THIS COMMUNITY, SERVES THIS COMMUNITY AND THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL IS KIMI HELLENBERG. CONGRATULATIONS. GOT THOSE COLORS. AND MS. KIMI, JOHNNY HAS BEEN CALLING ME LAST TEN MINUTES, I WANT YOU TO CALL HIM AS WELL, GIVE HIM THAT DOUBLE DUTY. APPRECIATE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU. ALSO, NEXT, WE HAVE A LEADER THAT WAS BORN AND RAISED IN PITTSBURGH AND TRANSITIONED TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN 1995. HAS HELD MANY POSITIONS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. HAS BEEN AN ADMINISTRATOR SINCE 2010. THIS IS OUR NEW PRINCIPAL OF DOWDELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, MS. SCHLARBAUM. STACY, PLEASE

050COME UP. SCHLARBAUM. I GAVE HER A NEW LAST NAME. BEEN PRACTICING. DIDN'T DO WELL. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT. THIS IS A SCHOOL DEAR TO YOUR HEART. YOU REALLY WANTED IT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP AND SUCCESS. CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO, WE HAVE A LEADER THAT HAS SERVED IN ELEMENTARY AND ALSO IN SECONDARY, NOT ONLY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BUT ALSO A LEADER IN OCALA. THIS INDIVIDUAL HELD MANY DIFFERENT POSITIONS, WAS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT COLLEGE PARK OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY AND ALSO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT COLLISON. DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIPS, LEADING IN A PROACTIVE MANAGER. NEW PRINCIPAL AT COLLISON ELEMENTARY, REBECCA BLACK. COLSON. CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO, WE HAVE A LEADER THAT STARTED OFF HIS CAREER AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AND WRESTLING COACH ALL AT LETO HIGH SCHOOL. TEN YEARS AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. LED

051THE WORK SINCE 2014 AT WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL. GREAT POISE, GREAT DIRECTION. AWESOME LEADER, GOOD PERSON. THIS IS THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL MR. FRANK DIAZ. CONGRATULATIONS. MAKE THE WALK ALL THE WAY DOWN. WHAT'S UP? VETERAN PRIN PRINCIPAL AND GIVE HALFWAY. I HAVE YOUNGSTERS. THEY WILL WATCH YOU AS SEASONED EXEMPLAR LEADER. CONGRATULATIONS, BUDDY. ALSO, AND I DON'T BELIEVE MS. MEDINA IS HERE THIS EVENING BECAUSE SHE IS DRIVING FROM ILLINOIS. ANOTHER OUTSIDE CANDIDATE THAT HAS AN AWESOME ELEMENT. BACKGROUND IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. A BACKGROUND IN BILINGUAL BILING EDUCATION. EXCITED TO HAVE HER. REMARKABLE IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS. ENGAGED WITH HER AGAIN WITH THE CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, THIS IS THE NEW LEADER OF IPPOLITO ELEMENTARY, MS. ELEISE MEDINA. CONGRATULATIONS. KEEPING IT MOVING. WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD 14 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 2008, BEGAN CAREER AS THIRD

052GRADE TEACHER. AP AT IPPOLITO AND IN 2020 MOVED THIS INDIVIDUAL TO HELP WITH JAMES TO IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCES, PUT SYSTEMS IN. THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS GREAT LENS FOR INSTRUCTION TO BE ABLE TO PROV AND PROVIDE ACTUAL FEEDBACK ONE OF OUR BRIGHTEST STARS IN THE COUNTY, OUR NEW PRINCIPAL AT KENLY ELEMENTARY, MR. JEFFREY COOLEY. CONGRATULATIONS. LIKE A CATWALK. HAVE TO GET A RED CARPET WALK. BALLOONS, ALL KIND OF STUFF HERE. GOOD JOB, MR. COOLEY. LIKE THAT TIE. SUNCOAST. WE GAVE $5,000 AWAY. WE CAN ASK FOR MORE MONEY. ALSO, WE HAVE A LEADER THAT WAS A TEACHER AT FOREST HILLS, WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SEVEN YEARS OF SERVING THE CITY, SOUTH TAMPA COMMUNITY AT MITCHELL. HAD TO MOVE THE INDIVIDUAL TO MENDENHALL TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH CHRISTINA. THEY HAVE DONE SOME REALLY GOOD WORK. NOW TIME TO

053COME BACK AND BE A GREAT LEADER TO PICK UP THE GREAT WORK THAT SARAH GARCIA HAS LED AND CONTINUE TO DO. OUR NEW LEADER AT LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS MR. KEVIN MOON. CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO, WE HAVE A LEADER THAT HAS BEEN A PRINCIPAL AT MULTIPLE SITES, WHETHER PRINCIPAL AT PIZZO K-8 SINCE 2018, STARTED HER CAREER IN 2002 IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. HAS DONE SOME REALLY COOL WORK. ADMINISTRATOR AT RIVER HILLS AND NOW TRANSITION TO LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MS. AMBER CRONIN. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. THEN WE HAVE A NEW LEADER THAT'S TRANSITIONING TO McDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SHE'S NOT HERE BECAUSE SHE IS ON CONGRATULATIONS. DOUBLE CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING THE NEW LEADER OF McDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND TAKING THE TIME TO HAVE BALANCE IN YOUR LIFE. A NEW LEADER THAT'S BEEN REMARKABLE. STARTED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN 2000. STARTED

054AS SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AND CONTINUED TO STAY HUNGRY AND CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD. REALLY GOOD JOB TO SERVE AS RESOURCE TEACHER AT SHEEHY AND JACKSON. ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT FOLSOM. REALLY GOOD JOB AT FOLSOM. 140-POINT GAIN AT FOLSOM. MOVED FROM D TO B IN ONE SCHOOL YEAR. THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT McDONALD IS DEENA HAM. SHE'S NOT HERE. SHE'S IN COLORADO. I CALLED HER YESTERDAY AND I THINK IT WAS LIKE 7:00 IN THE MORNING. SHE'S LIKE, DUDE, I'M ON VACATION. YEAH, DON'T CALL BLOCK ME. LAST PHASE. WE HAVE A NEW LEADER BEING ABLE TO TRANSITION TO -- WAS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AGAIN IN 2000. WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH TAMPA PALMS AREA AND ALSO IN THE NEW TAMPA AREA. ALSO TAUGHT AT CHILES SEVERAL YEARS AS AN EDUCATOR, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL BOTH AT PRIDE AND HERITAGE AS WELL. KNOWS THIS

055PARTICULAR AREA. ALSO TAUGHT AT EGYPT LAKE IN TEMPLE TERRACE. THIS IS THE NEW LEADER OF TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MS. ANGELA GLUTH. CONGRATULATIONS. I LIKE IT. MIXING IT UP. SHOWING YOUR OWN WALKWAY. WE GET IT. YOU ARE NOW THE PRINCIPAL MAKING DECISIONS. NOTE TO SELF, WE HAVE TO WATCH HER. ALSO, WE ALSO LOOK FOR LEADERS THAT HAVE HAD -- EVERY LEADER WE -- PROVEN TRACK RECORD, THOSE THE WILLINGNESS TO GO TO TRANSFORMATION, THOSE WILLING TO ROLL UP THE SLEEVE AND PUT THEIR SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL AND REALLY CREATE SOME SPECIAL MOMENTS FOR CHILDREN AND DO THAT FROM A LEVERAGE STANDPOINT AND HAS DATA ANALYTICS THAT SHOWS NOT ONLY FROM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CONNECTIVITY WITH CULTURE BUT HAS DATA TO PROVE COMPETENCE BEING ABLE TO MOVE A SCHOOL. PART OF REALLY GREAT

056MOVEMENT AT OAK PARK. A SCHOOL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT THE STATE WAS PARTICULARLY GOING TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF RYAN AND THE TEAM, DONE MAGNIFICENT AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MS. ASHLEY COCHOL. CONGRATULATIONS. LOOK FORWARD TO BEING THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT TEMPLE TERRACE. CONGRATULATIONS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR PARTNERSHIP. SHE'S LIKE, OKAY. SORRY, RYAN. YOU HAVE TO HIRE A NEW AP, PAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. ALSO, WE HAD A CHANCE FOR A TRANSITION TO GO TO A NEW SCHOOL WITH MARY BRYANT AND BEING ABLE TO FIND A LEADER THAT REALLY TRULY HAS A POSITION FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND DUAL ENROLLMENT, A LEADER THAT HAS GIVEN HER HEART AND SOUL, HONORED TEACHER OF THE YEAR FINALIST IN 2018. SHE HAS DEDICATED HER TIME TO BE AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

057AT CANNELLA. SHE HAS REALLY WORKED HARD TO UNDERSTAND EVERY FACET OF THE ORGANIZATION FROM TALENT MANAGEMENT TO CULTURE TO OPERATIONS TO INSTRUCTION, AND THAT IS OUR NEW PRINCIPAL OF WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MRS. ALEXA TRAFFICANTE. CONGRATULATIONS. FOR ALL OF OUR WESTCHASE PARENTS, DUAL LANGUAGE IS HERE TO STAY. WE SUPPORT YOU IN THAT PROCESS. SO CONGRATULATIONS, ALEXA. WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. ALSO, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR LEADERS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS WHO NEED US THE MOST. THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS ESE SPECIALIST. ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF STUDENT AFFAIRS. ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR CURRICULUM AND SHE HAS HAD FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS, SHE'S BEEN LEADING THE WORK, AND THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL NOW BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF DOROTHY THOMAS EXCEPTIONAL CENTER, KELLY SIMMONS. BEEN AN AWESOME APC AT NEWSOME. DEDICATED, READY, EXCITED. CONGRATULATIONS.

058LOVE YOUR ENERGY. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS, ALL OF OUR CHIEFS. SUE, SHAY, KEN, FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO REALLY FIND THE LEADERSHIP WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO BEING YOUR PARTNER. THE HARDEST PART IS OVER, BEING ABLE TO GET TO THE PART OF BEING A PRINCIPAL. THREES KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT DO THIS WORK IN ISOLATION, THAT WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY. USE THE INDIVIDUALS IN THIS ROOM. THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE DAY TOYS HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE'RE THERE TO HELP CHILDREN. CONGRATULATIONS AND ENJOY YOUR NIGHT. Nadia Combs: A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS. WE'LL TAKE A TWO-MINUTE BREAK. I KNOW SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU. THAT

059WAY IT GIVES THE FAMILIES TIME TO EXIT. Nadia Combs: 30 SECONDS, PLEASE. Nadia Combs: THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOW BE HEARD. C 10.03, C 6.04, 6.05, 6.10, 6.16, 6.18. 10.3, CONTRACT APPROVAL FOR VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL TAMPA 6-12 AND ARTICULATION AGREEMENT APPROVAL BETWEEN VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL TAMPA AND VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL TAMPA 6-12. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. LAST MONTH WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL IN MOVING THE CONFIGURATION THE REQUEST FROM K-8 TO A K-5. THIS ALSO COME INTO APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT TO BE ABLE TO OPEN VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL 6-12. THEY WILL HAVE A CONTINUUM OF IB THAT WILL TRANSITION FROM K-12. THIS IS BRINGING TO A BOARD A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SERVE 448 STUDENTS IN THE COMING YEARS. THIS WILL

060BE A FIVE-YEAR TRANSITION. JUST BRINGING THIS APPROVAL TO THE BOARD FOR FINAL NEGOTIATION PROCESS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 10.03. MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. I PULLED THIS ITEM. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR DR. DELANGE. I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS I'M LOOKING AT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE AREA AND I KNOW WE ALREADY APPROVED THE CONTRACT AND READY TO GO. OBVIOUSLY, MY CONCERN IS ALL THE SURROUNDING SCHOOLS, BEN HILL, SMITH, WALKER, ALONSO AND SICKLES, ALL THE SCHOOLS ARE As AND Bs. THAT IS A C SCHOOL. I KNOW BY LAW WE HAVE TO APPROVE THAT. MY QUESTION TO YOU, DR. DELANGE, I'M SEEING THROUGH LEGISLATION A LOT OF THINGS ARE CHANGING. WHAT WILL THE APPROVAL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE?

061BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL NOT BE APPROVING OR NOT APPROVING THESE CONTRACTS. Cinzia DeLange: SURE, CHAIR COMBS. I'M SORRY. YES, THERE'S A NEW BILL THE GOVERNMENT JUST SIGNED, SENATE BILL 758 THAT CREATES THE CHARTER SCHOOL REVIEW COMMISSION. SO APPLICANTS OF CHARTER SCHOOLS WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE DOE OR COME TO US. IF THEY GO TO THE DOE THROUGH THE CHARTER SCHOOL REVIEW COMMISSION, THAT ENTITY WILL REVIEW THE APPLICATION AND APPROVE IT, BUT ULTIMATELY IT WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MONITOR. Nadia Combs: OKAY. SO AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY -- DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR, IF A SCHOOL GETS APPROVED AND MAYBE THEY ARE NOT DOING VERY WELL OR THEY ARE NOT MEETING THE NEEDS, WE STILL HAVE TO OVERSEE

062THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? Cinzia DeLange: WE WILL ALWAYS BE OVERSEEING A CHARTER SCHOOL, WHETHER IT'S APPROVED BY US OR BY THE DOE. THE DIFFERENCE IN THE REVIEW PROCESS IS PERHAPS THAT THE TYPE OF REVIEW THAT WILL BE DONE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COMMISSION WILL BE -- THE COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, AND THEY WILL SEEK OUT -- THEY WILL CONSULT WITH EITHER A COLLEGE OR A UNIVERSITY TO HELP WITH THE REVIEW. SO HISTORICALLY APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO THAT'S WHERE THE EXPERTISE LIES RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE JUST ALL WONDERING WHAT TYPE OF REVIEW, WHAT TYPE OF DELVING INTO THE FINANCES, THE OPERATIONS, THE ESE, ALL THE SECTIONS OF THE APPLICATION, HOW WILL THAT OCCUR? SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. Nadia Combs: ALWAYS MY

063BIGGEST CONCERN IS ALWAYS THE OVERSIGHT OF THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN BECAUSE I OBVIOUSLY BELIEVE IN PARENT CHOICE, BUT I WANT PARENTS TO HAVE INFORMED DECISION ON WHAT THAT SCHOOL PROVIDES, THE TYPES OF RESOURCES THEY PROVIDE. I KNOW OFTEN IN THE CHARTER SCHOOLS THERE ISN'T A NURSE OR A COUNSELOR OR THERAPIST, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL OF THE CHALLENGES WITH MENTAL HEALTH. HOW ARE WE AS A BOARD ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S FIDELITY AND OVERSIGHT AND SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN? Cinzia DeLange: THE ONUS WILL BE ON US WHEN WE -- WHEN THE DOE TELLS US A SCHOOL -- AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN APPROVED. WE STILL HAVE TO GO UNDER NEGOTIATIONS FOR THAT CONTRACT. SO THAT CONTRACT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE

064THAT THE SCHOOL FOLLOWS THE LETTER OF THE LAW OF OUR DISTRICT'S NEGOTIATED CONTRACT. Nadia Combs: WILL WE CONTINUE OR DO YOU KNOW IF WE'LL GET THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE IF THAT WILL CONTINUE OR ARE YOU NOT SURE OF THAT? Cinzia DeLange: THAT WILL CONTINUE. RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY ENTITY THAT WE DO NOT RECEIVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ARE THE SCHOOLS OF HOPE. ALL THE OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS WE HAVE EITHER 2% OR 5% ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. Nadia Combs: AND WHO IS OVERSEEING THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THOSE SCHOOLS? WE ARE. Nadia Combs: THE SCHOOLS OF HOPE. OH, THE SCHOOLS OF HOPE. THAT'S A DIFFERENT -- THAT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ONE BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSIDERED THEIR OWN LEA, SO WE DON'T OVERSEE THEIR ESE. NEXT YEAR, THERE WILL BE REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE DOE. SO IT'S A FAIRLY NEW SYSTEM AND

065WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE NUANCES AND THE DETAILS WITH THE DOE CURRENTLY. Nadia Combs: I GUESS ONE OF MY CONCERNS WITH THAT, THE IDEA THAT TEACHERS DON'T HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED TO ACTUALLY WORK IN THOSE SCHOOLS. I SOMETIMES WORRY ABOUT THE OVERSIGHT AND MAKING SURE THAT PARENTS HAVE THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU, DR. DELANGE. I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND EFFORT. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I PULLED THIS ITEM BECAUSE A FEW QUESTIONS ALSO AS USUAL KIND OF BEEN PART OF THE DIALOGUE -- A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN YOU AND I, DR. DELANGE. THE FIRST PROBLEM THAT I FIND IS THE EXACT THAT MADAM CHAIR -- COMBS MENTIONED. THE IDEA THAT SCHOOL RECORD AND SURROUNDED BY A AND B SCHOOLS. MY SECOND QUESTION IS, WHEN WE DESCRIBE OVERSIGHT, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WHEN WE HAVE AN

066OVERSIGHT SITUATION, SAY SOME FLAGS COME IN WITH LACK OF COUNSELORS OR LACK FOR THE SAFETY ISSUE, ACTUALLY, WE HAD A SAFETY ISSUE JUST RECENTLY AT A CHARTER SCHOOL. WHAT ARE THE STEPS AS FAR AS YOUR INTERVENTION AS A SUPERINTENDENT. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR,. THE BIGGEST THING FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS AN AREA OF OPPORTUNITY. ONCE WE IDENTIFY AN AREA OF OPPORTUNITY, OUR STAFF WILL IMMEDIATELY START TO ENGAGE WITH A CHARTER SCHOOL TO RECOGNIZE WHETHER IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, WHETHER OUT OF COMPLIANCE ISSUE, WHETHER THEY DON'T HAVE THE NECESSARY SUPPORTS OR THERE IS A STUDENT ISSUE THAT WE HAVE BEEN APPRISED OF. THE BIGGEST THING IS HELPING THEM COME BACK INTO COMPLIANCE, WHETHER IT BE FINANCIALLY. WHATEVER IT MAY BE. IF THERE IS A PART WHERE ONCE WE CONTINUE TO

067IDENTIFY SUPPORTS, ONCE WE IDENTIFY THE BLUEPRINT OF HOW TO OBTAIN THE SUPPORT, IF IT BECOMES CONSISTENT PROBLEM, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO EITHER CORRECT THE ACTION OR MOVE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR CONTRACT AND MAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO EXIT THE CONTRACT. SO THIS IS OUR SUPPORT TEAM THROUGH CINZIA AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN ON TOP OF AREAS TO IDENTIFY AND SEND LETTERS AND CONNECT WITH SCHOOL-BASED LEADERS OR CHAIR OF THE BOARD TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT AND WHAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY. OPENLY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND HELP AS MUCH AND AS OFTEN AS WE CAN. THE BIGGEST THING IS THEY HAVE TO BE WILLING TO MAKE THE STRIDES, WILLING TO MAKE THE CHANGES TO MAKE CERTAIN THEY ARE

068IN COMPLIANCE AS OUTLINED IN THEIR CONTRACT IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. IF THEY ARE NOT AND WE HAVE DONE IT HERE, DONE IT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE NOT -- WHO HAVE BEEN IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THAT WE HAVE SHUT DOWN. AND IF THOSE SCHOOLS, OR IF THERE IS A SCHOOL THAT PUTS THEIR STUDENTS IN A SAFETY, PARTICULAR ISSUE, WE WILL TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO DO THE SAME. OVERALL, WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM. IF THEY CAN'T COME INTO COMPLIANCE, WE'LL MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER AND THOSE ANSWERS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. WE'RE RECOGNIZING AS A BOARD THAT THERE WILL BE MORE OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS COMING AROUND. WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A LOT MORE CONVERSATION IN MY WORLD. THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT WILL

069REPRESENT OUR STUDENTS. NOW, WE ALSO TALK ABOUT MONEY. THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL IS OVER A MILLION OF THE FLORIDA EDUCATION FINANCE PLAN. IS THAT THE FINANCIALS ONE, 1,120,000. IF WE PUT TOGETHER THAT AMOUNT FOR THE FLORIDA EDUCATION FINANCE PLAN, ALONG WITH THE IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL TAKEAWAY FROM THE IMPACT FEES, ALONG WITH THE FUTURE MILLAGE FEES, A CHARTER SCHOOL COST US A LOT OF MONEY. I DON'T EXPECT FOR YOU TO HAVE A TOTAL BECAUSE THE MILLAGE, OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T HAVE THAT. BUT THE IMPACT FEES WILL BE COSTLY. DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE AS TO HOW MUCH MONEY THEY WILL HAVE FROM OUR IMPACT FEES? OR IS THAT TOO PREMATURE? MR. FARKAS. Christopher Farkas: TOO PREMATURE. BELIEVE ME, MY ENTIRE TEAM WILL BE FOCUSED ON THAT AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION. YOU GUYS WILL BE THE FIRST TO

070KNOW. RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN ANY DIRECTION ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. IT CAN BE VAST. AS SOON AS WE GET THE INFORMATION FROM TALLAHASSEE, WE'LL BE SHARING WITH THE BOARD. RIGHT NOW PREMATURE FOR US TO EVEN ESTIMATE. WE GET ABOUT 50 TO $60 MILLION A YEAR IN IMPACT FEES. DEPENDING ON HOW THAT'S CREDITED OR HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT, THAT IS THE MAXIMUM THAT IT COULD BE. THROUGH THE CHAIR, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS -- THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS -- IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, IF THEY SERVE 448 STUDENTS, YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY $8,000, AROUND $3.5 MILLION THAT'S TAKEN AWAY THERE DISTRICT--- FROM DISTRICT-MANAGED SCHOOLS TO BETTER SERVE. Lynn Gray: ALL I WOULD SUGGEST, AND DR. DELANGE WITH COMPLETE RESPECT TO ANY OF THE DATA YOU ARE PROVIDING WOULD BE THE FINANCIAL

071DATA, THE POSSIBLE COST. AND MR. FARKAS, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SOON, WE WILL HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, AND IT WILL COUNT, AND IT DOES ADD UP, AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY AWARE AS A FIDUCIARY BOARD OF THE COSTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MY TIME IS UP. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, DR. DELANGE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: LET ME UNDERSTAND. SO WE'RE HERE AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE SCHOOLS. BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A TEMPLATE OR A BLUEPRINT AS TO WHAT THE DOE IS GOING TO BE HOLDING AS FAR AS THE CRITERIA THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE APPROVING THESE SCHOOLS. Cinzia DeLange: LET ME CLARIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT. THEY WILL BE AUTHORIZING, GOING THROUGH THE AUTHORIZATION PROCESS LIKE WE DO WITH THE SAME STANDARD TEMPLATES

072THAT WE USE. MY COMMENTS ABOUT EXPERTISE IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE THIS. SO THE EXPERTISE LIES IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THEY WILL BE USING THE SAME RUBRIC, STANDARD RUBRICS FROM THE DOE. WE JUST ARE WONDERING THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE OF THE REVIEWS, HOW WILL THAT OCCUR. WE WILL HAVE LIKE 30 DAYS TO PROVIDE INPUT INTO THIS PROCESS, BUT THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO BECAUSE IT TAKES US MUCH LONGER AS A REVIEW TEAM AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DELVE DEEPLY INTO THE APPLICATION. BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO ESPECIALLY LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL PART OF THE APPLICATION AND PROVIDE AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS WE CAN DURING THE PROCESS IF THEY DO CHOOSE TO GO TO THE DOE FOR APPROVAL. Karen Perez: ANOTHER QUESTION. ONCE THE REVIEW COMMITTEE APPROVES THESE APPLICATIONS, WHAT

073IS THE LENGTH OF THE APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT? IS IT GOING TO BE FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS BEFORE THEY COME UP FOR RENEWAL? Cinzia DeLange: THE INITIAL ONE IS FIVE YEARS. THERE IS A NEW BILL THAT SAYS IF THEY RECEIVE AN A OR B FOR SCHOOL GRADE, THAT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR LONGER -- FOR 15 YEARS. Karen Perez: THAT'S ALL I HAVE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.04, PURCHASE OF FREIGHTLINER PARTS AND SERVICES FROM SOUTHPORT TRUCK GROUP, AGREEMENT 11113-SSD-LG. Addison Davis: WE PULLED THIS ONE DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS USING GENERAL FUNDS. THIS IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH TRANSPORTATION. WE USUALLY PURCHASE OVER 1800 PARTS ANNUALLY FROM SOUTHPORT TRUCK GROUP, A LOCAL DEALER. THE ONLY SOUL-SOURCE PROVIDER THAT PROVIDES FREIGHTLINER EQUIPMENT TO FOCUS ON

074REPAIRING OUR ENGINES AND LOOKING AT WARRANTY WORK. JUST BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD ABOUT TRANSPARENCY IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW WE'RE USING AND LEVERAGING GENERAL FUNDS. THIS IS $175,000 ASK. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.04. MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN. SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES WITH FOUR VOTES WITH MEMBER GRAY OFF THE DAIS. WE'LL CONTINUE ON TO 6.05, INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES FOR AGREEMENT 16104-DST-LG LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS BRINGING TO THE BOARD AN INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES FOR LEGAL SUPPORTS. WE KNOW THAT WE'VE ENGAGED IN 2019 IN AN AGREEMENT WITH McFARLAND, WITH FERGUSON AND McMULLEN ATTORNEY PROCESS. THEY HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB

075THROUGH MR. GIBSON AND HIS STAFF SUPPORTING US FROM ACADEMIC SERVICES TO LOOK AT PUBLISHING PROCEDURES, FINANCE, PROCUREMENT, STUDENT SERVICES, LOOKING AT CHARTER COMPLIANCE, HELPING THE CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, SECURITY, YOU NAME IT, THEY DO A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS TO HELP US MAKE CERTAIN WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE. THE BUSTING THING WE SEE THIS INCREASE IS BECAUSE THERE WAS ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT WE HAD TO SPEND IN ORDER OF LITIGATION WHEN WE DECIDED NOT TO APPROVE CHARTER SCHOOLS. AND AT THE SAME TOKEN, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL CHANGE OF ADDITIONAL NEEDS FOR CHANGE IN ENVIRONMENT. WE WENT FROM TWO DAYS OF REVIEW AND CHANGE IN ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS TO HAVING LEGAL COUNSEL IN THE PROCESS WHEN NEEDED TO FIVE DAYS. AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE, WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS MORE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS DURING WITH DISCIPLINE

076FOR CHANGE IN ENVIRONMENT DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND MANY STUDENTS BEING OUT. AT THE SAME TOKEN, BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT OTHER COMMUNITY INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS AND REALLY FOCUS ON HELPING US THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES GET OUR MOUs RIGHT AND WORKING WITH CTA AND OTHER UNIONS RELATED TO COVID INITIATIVES. THIS IS JUST BRINGING FOR TRANSPARENCY TO THE BOARD ABOUT THE INCREASE OF EXPENDITURES AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT SO WE DON'T SEE THE INCREASES IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 6.05. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MEMBER GRAY OFF THE DAIS. 6.10, PROPOSED CALENDAR FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 BUDGET. SUPERINTENDENT

077DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY A TRIM CALENDAR WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IDENTIFIES ALL OF OUR BUDGET MEETINGS AND THE PROCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO FOR THE BOARD. SO WITH THIS PROCESS IT IS A TRUTH IN MILLAGE RECOMMENDATION. I'LL TRANSITION OVER TO MRS. GARCIA, WHO WILL GIVE MORE OF A HIGHLIGHT OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. Susan Garcia: GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. THE PROPOSED CALENDAR OUTLINES THE PRESCRIBED TIMELINE TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE TRIM PROCESS, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN SECTION 200 OF FLORIDA STATUTES. THE PROCESS BEGINS JULY 1 AND IS COMPLETE WHEN THE DISTRICT -- WHEN THE DISTRICT PROVIDES THE CERTIFIED BOARD APPROVED MILLAGE RATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, THE TAX COLLECTOR, AND THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND

078THE BOARD APPROVED BUDGET TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THE TRIM PROCESS REALLY WAS DEVELOPED TO INFORM THE TAXPAYERS OF THE METHOD OF FIXING THE MILLAGE RATES AND THE LOCAL TAXES AND TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW WE USE THE MILLAGES IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MS. GARCIA. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 6.10. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.16, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 22066-MST-KJ, CAMERA ACCESS CONTROL PARTS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, NOW MORE THAN EVER WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT SAFETY IS OUR GREATEST PRIORITY AND MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES VENDORS IDENTIFIED TO HELP US WITH MAKING CERTAIN

079THAT WE HAVE CAMERAS AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROLS IN OUR SCHOOLS. THIS IS RFP FOR US TO BRING AND IDENTIFY TWO VENDORS THAT WILL HELP US CONTINUE TO CREATE THE SAFEST ENVIRONMENT THAT WE CAN AT EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD NOT ONLY TO RECOGNIZE THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE BUT THIS IS A GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE THAT WE ARE BRINGING TO THE BOARD. YOU WILL SEE AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR DUE TO THE GROWING NEED OF OUR SCHOOLS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE EVERY ANGLE CAPTURED TO BE ABLE TO BE PREVENTIVE AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY IMMEDIATE ACTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE 6.16. MOTION BY MEMBER

080WASHINGTON. A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.17, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, 22009-DST-KJ, AUDITING SERVICES. Addison Davis: THIS IS OUR RFP TO GO OUT FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR ENTITIES TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT AUDITS OF OUR CURRENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ARE STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO DO SO. WE PUT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. CURRENT RECOMMENDATION IS FOR MSL TO BE OUR AUDIT VENDOR, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE REVIEWS OF WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE BOARD AND TO OUR STAFF HOW WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.17. MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN

081YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.18, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, 22064-DST-KJ ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT TO THE BOARD AND TO OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS ONCE AGAIN TRANSPARENCY ABOUT USING GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. I'LL TRANSITION TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, MRS. HEATON TO DISCUSS THIS. Stephanie Heaton: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. WE ISSUED A EXPLOIT SOLICITATION TO A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL TO PREPARE BOTH THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT WHICH IS UNAUDITED AND ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH IS AUDITED. THE PROPOSAL WAS AWARDED TO CARR, RIGS AND INGRAM. THE GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY, CREDIBILITY, AND TRUST TO THE PUBLIC. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND

082TO APPROVE ITEM 6.18. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO EMPLOYEE INPUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. IF ANY EMPLOYEES COME BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING, THEN WE'LL COME BACK, SINCE WE'RE AT THE END OF THE COMMENT SECTION. WE DO HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES TODAY. WE WILL NOW TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT, EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES OF OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4:00. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD, INCLUDING THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH

083THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, WE'RE CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE'RE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES RELATED TO YOUR JOB OR THE DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL NOW CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. ROB KRIETE, CTA. IT'S SUMMERTIME, VERY BUSY, BECAUSE EVERYONE IS TRYING TO FIND THEIR WORK LIFE BALANCE AND HOPEFULLY ALL OF YOU WILL FIND A LITTLE TIME TO GET AWAY WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HOWEVER, WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO THE BARGAINING TABLE YESTERDAY AND WE THANK

084YOU FOR THAT. IT IS URGENT AND IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND FIND OUR TIME TO MAXIMIZE AND GET A CONTRACT DONE FOR ESPs AND OUR EDUCATORS. I TALKED ABOUT IT LAST TIME HOW THERE IS THIS ABUNDANCE OF RESEARCH THAT IS SHOWING HOW STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC HAVE HAD THESE LOSS OF LEARNING. IT'S NO SURPRISE TO ANYONE THAT WORKS IN A CLASSROOM. TEACHERS AND THE ADULTS THAT WORK WITH OUR KIDS ARE VITAL TO THEIR EDUCATION. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF CLASSROOMS WITH HUNDREDS OF POSITIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. I KNOW THAT THE MILLAGE IS A GREAT IDEA AND I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO RALLY AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO AND RECOGNIZE THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH, BUT WE'RE ASKING YOU

085AS A SCHOOL BOARD TO DO WHAT YOU CAN SO WE CAN SETTLE THE CONTRACT BEFORE WE COME BACK AUGUST 2nd. I TRUST THAT ALL OF YOU ARE WILLING TO DO THAT KNOWING THE URGENCY WE HAVE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BE SAFE AND FIND THAT WORK-LIFE BALANCE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. LET ME START BY POINTING OUT I HAVE A SOLUTION TO THE ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT THE DISTRICT IS IN. ACCORDING TO HR, IF A PRINCIPAL BELIEVES IT TO BE TRUE WITHOUT EVIDENCE THAN IT'S TRUTH. FIND A PRINCIPAL WHO BELIEVES THE DISTRICT HAS THE MONEY IT NEEDS AND YOUR PROBLEMS ARE ALL SOLVED. SOUNDS SILLY DOESN'T IT WHEN YOU PUT SUCH A STATEMENT UP AGAINST REALITY. OF COURSE, IT DOES. SOUNDED THE SAME TO ME WHEN IT WAS TOLD TO

086ME BY HR REGARDING MY VALUATION. ESPECIALLY SINCE I WAS TARGETED DURING THAT EVALUATION. I WAS THE ONLY INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL AT BRANDON EPIC TO HAVE MY EVALUATION WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND HER SUPERVISOR PRESENT. THIS IS PARTICULARLY ALARMING SINCE I HAD NOT WORKED OR BEEN ON EPIC'S CAMPUS FOR 56 DAYS. IN THE FALL OF 2020, I SIMPLY ASKED THE DISTRICT-LEVEL PERSONNEL TO TREAT ME AS A PROFESSIONAL AND NOT USE PROFANITY IN MEETINGS WHEN I WAS PRESENT. EVER SINCE THAT MOMENT I HAVE BEEN MET WITH AMBUSH MEETINGS AND FALSEHOODS TO DISCREDIT ME. THE LAST ONE BEING THIS VALUATION. I AM AT A LOSS AS TO WHY WHEN THE ONLY THING I HAD DONE HAS BEEN TO ADVOCATE FOR VULNERABLE STUDENTS AND FOLLOW OR EXPOSE THINGS CONTRARY TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND I BELIEVE THE STATE STANDARD OF ETHICAL

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

088HAD TO LIVE WITH THE WEIGHT THAT FOLLOWED. WHICH TRUTH GOT ME TARGETED? WHICH TRUTH GOT ME LABELED A TROUBLEMAKER? WHEN I STEP AWAY FROM THIS PODIUM, YOU MAY SAY I HAVE AN AX TO GRIND. THE ONLY AX I GRINDED PRIOR TO TODAY IS THAT OF ADVOCATING FOR STUDENTS. HELP ME PLEASE UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH SUCH FOR TWO YEARS. BUT EVEN WITH ALL OF THAT I WAS WILLING TO WALK AWAY FROM THE JOB I LOVED JUST TO MAKE IT GO AWAY UNTIL I WAS FACED WITH THIS EVALUATION. WHY WOULD YOU TAKE A LOYAL EMPLOYEE AND PUSH THEM TO THIS PLACE? IF AT ANY POINT I HAVE SOLUTIONS, I KNOW POLITICIANS LIKE SOLUTIONS. SOLUTIONS TO THIS ISSUE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LISTEN. BUT UNTIL THEN, I'M GOING TO FIGHT THIS BECAUSE IT'S

089WRONG. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR EMPLOYEE INPUT TODAY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. PLEASE, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT AND SUPPORT THE NEW LEADERS AND ALSO FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. AS ALWAYS, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE PROFESSIONAL, WITH THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR LOG AT EVALUATION, THERE IS AN APPEAL PROCESS AND WE ASK THEM TO CONNECT WITH THEIR HUMAN RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. AS WE LOOK TONIGHT, TALK ABOUT SOME CELEBRATIONS, UPDATES, REVIEW CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND ALSO GIVE AN UPDATE ON CURRENT REFERENDUM SALES TAX PROJECT, WHERE WE ARE. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR BEST. ONE OF

090OUR FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS WHO CONTINUES TO BE A LEADER. WE HAVE CONGRESSMAN VERN BUCHANAN WHO ESTABLISHED THE CONGRESSIONAL TEACHER AWARD FOR THE 16th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN 2014. THIS INDIVIDUAL RECOGNIZES TEACHERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, MANATEE AND SARASOTA COUNTY AS WELL. THEY RECOGNIZE TEACHERS WHO GO OVER AND BEYOND AND HAVE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT. THIS YEAR'S WINNER FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR THE 2022 CONGRESSIONAL TEACHER AWARD FOR THE 16th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IS MRS. KIM KEEBLER FROM NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL READING TEACHER. PLEASE COME UP. YOU CAN COME UP, KATIE, AS WELL. WE JUST WANT TO COME UP AND RECOGNIZE YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, FOR BEING SELECTED IN OUR AREA FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, YOUR DEDICATION, AND FOR BEING A TRAILBLAZER AT NEWSOME. SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR WAITING, TOO. CONGRATULATIONS. KATIE,

091YOU GOT TO HIRE AN AP BECAUSE I JUST PROMOTED HER TONIGHT. ALSO, AS MR. WASHINGTON SAID SO WELL, OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO UVALDE, TEXAS AND WHAT HAPPENED AT ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I WANT TO ENSURE EVERYONE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THIS DISTRICT THAT OUR TEAM WORKS HARD EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT SAFETY IS OUR GREATEST PRIORITY. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CHIEF NEWMAN WHO IS ONE OF THE STATE LEADERS IN THIS PROCESS AND I RECOGNIZE HIM AS A NATIONAL LEADER, WE HAVE DONE SO MANY THINGS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THE BEST AND SAFEST EXPERIENCE EVERY SINGLE DAY. ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE? ABSOLUTELY, THIS IS WHY WE NEEDED TO DO ACTIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ACTIVE DRILLS TO STAY IN FRONT OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR LEADERS AND OUR SUPPORT STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS SO

092THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET IT RIGHT. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT ALL OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT OUR DISTRICT AND WE CAN'T SHARE A LOT OF OUR STUFF AND WHAT WE DO BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROTECT IT, BUT BEING ABLE TO INSTALL PERIMETER FENCING, INTERIOR FENCING, MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE CONTINUOUS SURVEILLANCE IN EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS AND LEANING TOWARD MAKING CERTAIN THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE COVERED, ALSO PUTTING IMPACT RESISTANT WINDOWS THAT ARE AT EVERY ONE OF OUR PARTICULAR ENTRANCES THAT ARE BULLETPROOF AS WELL. ALSO LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING CONTROLS FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES BECAUSE YOU NO LONGER CAN WALK INTO THE FRONT OFFICE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ACCESS CONTROL AND TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE SINGLE POINTS OF ENTRIES IN OUR SCHOOL DURING

093OPERATIONAL HOURS. MOST IMPORTANTLY THAT WE HAVE AN ASSET AT EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, WHETHER IT BE A SCHOOL GUARDIAN OFFICER, SECURITY OFFICER, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OR WE HAVE A -- AN OFFICER FROM THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT OR SAME TOKE WITHIN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO PARTNER WITH CHAD CHRONISTER WHO IS THE LEADER. WE HAVE SOMEBODY ACTIVELY ROAMING ON CAMPUS NOT ONLY TO ENFORCE THE LAW BUT BE A TABLE COACH, MENTOR AND BUILD GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR STUDENTS. ALSO, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS ONE OF THE FIRST LEADERS IN THE STATE WITH STRATEGIES. I INHERITED THIS AWESOME WORK WE HAVE WHERE THIS HAS IMMEDIATE CONNECTION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ALSO WITH FIRE RESCUE THAT ANY EMPLOYEE IN THIS DISTRICT CAN IDENTIFY AND SIGNAL A PARTICULAR NEED WITHIN OUR SCHOOL, IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. THEN ALSO,

094WE'VE MADE ALL OF OUR FACILITIES BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFICATION, MEANING THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ALSO FIRE RESCUE CAN HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR FACILITIES, HAVE CONNECTIONS TO BE ABLE TO CONTACT THEM IMMEDIATELY WITH FREQUENT ZONES. ALSO WE HAVE DIRECTION, SIGNAGE DIRECTION. AND ASSAILANT DRILLS THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IN OUR DISTRICT. I THANK OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FOR TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY AND PROTECTING THIS ORGANIZATION AND PROTECTING OUR MOST PRECIOUS ASSET, OUR TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF AND STUDENTS. I WANT TO ALSO BRING CHIEF NEWMAN UP AS WELL IF HE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ANYTHING RELATED TO WHAT WE DO AND CONTINUE TO DO AS THE LEADER. AND ALSO THANK CHIEF NEWMAN FOR HIS VISION AND MODEL FOR MAKING THIS A GREAT COUNTY AND SAFE COUNTY. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. BOARD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME. I THINK

095YOU ALL KNOW, I THINK THIS DISTRICT DOES A VERY GOOD JOB, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE. I THINK DRILLING FIDELITY, GETTING USED TO THIS BEING A PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO EVERY DAY IS HARD, BUT WE NEED TO DO IT. WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FOLKS ARE TRAINED AND TRAINING OUR END USERS, TEACHERS, FACULTY, STAFF, SO WE KEEP THOSE KIDS AND OUR VISITORS THAT COME TO OUR CAMPUS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. I THINK SHERIFF GUALTIERI SAID IT BEST A WEEK OR SO AGO, WE ALL STILL HAVE WORK TO DO. WE PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES IN WEST TEXAS, AND WE HOPE SOMETHING HORRIBLE LIKE THAT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN, BUT WE'RE HERE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T BY ALL THESE DIFFERENT FEATURES AS THE SUPERINTENDENT HIGHLIGHTED. SO THANK YOU VERY

096MUCH. Addison Davis: THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS AND YOUR HARD WORK, SIR. ALSO TO TALK ABOUT CONSENT AGENDA WITH ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS FROM CHAMBERLAIN THAT WILL BE ATTENDING THE NAACP CONVENTION IN NEW JERSEY AND ALSO RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL TRANSITION TO FFA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. B 10.01, A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH TAMPA BAY CAREER PATHWAYS CONSORTIUM. THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE COORDINATED OUR EFFORTS WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, PASCO-HERNANDO STATE COLLEGE, ST. PETE, POLK STATE COLLEGE, AND THE STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA MANATEE-SARASOTA. WHEN WE BUILT OUR RELATIONSHIP AND WE BROUGHT AND APPROVED TONIGHT WHERE OUR CERTIFICATIONS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT EVERY ONE OF THESE COLLEGES. AND THIS IS CONTINUING FOR US TO BE INNOVATIVE AND

097FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE FURTHER SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS WHERE WE KNOW IT MAY TRANSITION TO A SURROUNDING COUNTY OR THEY HAVE TO MOVE DUE TO MOBILITY AND THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND EXCEL AND LEVERAGE ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED AND CERTIFICATIONS THEY HAVE EARNED AND TRANSITION TO ONE OF THESE AWESOME HIGHER EDUCATIONAL LOCATIONS. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. THIS IS A CELEBRATION FOR OUR STUDENTS AND CELEBRATION FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEN ALSO FINALLY, BRINGING THE SALES TAX REFERENDUM. WE THANK OUR COMMUNITY FOR CONTINUING TO HELP US IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. TODAY, WE HAD DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PIZZO K-8 TO LOOK AT $5 MILLION WORTH OF APPROVED AGENDA ITEMS AND THEN HAVING 22 MAJOR PROJECTS, CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS OF MAINTENANCE BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS IN OUR

098SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE THANK EVERYONE. WITH THAT, THAT'S IT. WE THANK EVERY ONE OF OUR TEACHERS FOR THE HARD WORK THIS YEAR. AS MR. KRIETE SAID, WE WISH YOU A HAPPY SUMMER. WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND AT THE SAME TOKEN BEING ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE PREPARED AS WE TRANSITION TO OPEN THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR IN A FLAWLESS MANNER. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WENT ON A RIDE-ALONG. IT SEEMS LIKE I LIKE TO HARASS PEOPLE AND GO ON RIDE-ALONG, ESPECIALLY THOSE THERE TO SERVE AND PROTECT. BUT I WANT TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE CORPORAL ORTIZ RIVERA AND OFFICER DAVILA WHO IS HERE IN THE BOARDROOM WITH US. LET ME SAY THIS, ON MY RIDE-ALONG, WE RAN INTO A FAMILY WHO WAS OUT --

099AND I'M SURE THAT MANY OF US HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS -- WHO WE SEE ASKING FOR MONEY, AND THEY ARE IN LIKE PARKING LOTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE STOPPED, MYSELF AND THE OFFICER STOPPED TO SPEAK TO THIS FAMILY. WHAT I FOUND OUT, SUPERINTENDENT, IS THAT IT WAS A YOUNG CHILD, SEVEN YEARS OLD WHO -- GOING TO BE EIGHT, WHO HAS YET TO ATTEND OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT -- THEY ARE MISSING SCHOOL. I'M SURE THIS CHILD IS ONE OF MANY THAT THIS IS HAPPENING WITH. SO I WANTED TO FIND OUT, HOW DOES -- WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY DO WE HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, DO WE HAVE A TASK FORCE THAT, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES WITH THESE PARENTS WHO HAVE STUDENTS THAT BELONG IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE OUT THERE

100DISPLAYING THESE STUDENTS OR THESE CHILDREN DURING SCHOOL HOURS, BEGGING FOR MONEY, WHEN WE CAN HAVE THESE STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL HAVING -- THEY COULD HAVE A MEAL. THEY COULD BE IN A PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENT LEARNING. COULD YOU RESPOND TO THAT FOR ME? Addison Davis: WE HAVE SO MANY WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY. SO MANY GREAT PARTNERS THAT ARE WILLING TO SERVE AND BE ABLE TO HELP OUR FAMILIES BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ESSENTIALS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE DO HAVE -- WE DID HAVE A TASK FORCE -- A COHORT OF EMPLOYEES THAT TRANSITIONED OUT TO FIND STUDENTS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED INTO OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. A LOT OF THAT WAS LEVERAGED AND IDENTIFIED THROUGH ESSER FUNDING. THOSE POSITIONS WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM US IN THE RECENT

101MONTH. SO NOW WE CONTINUE TO LEAN ON OUR SOCIAL WORKERS TO BE ABLE TO ASK THEM TO CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT NEED US THE MOST. ONE THING THAT WE LEVERAGE IS OUR MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THIS INITIATIVE. WE'LL HAVE MORE AGGRESSION MINDSETS MOVING TO HELP WITH THE WELL-BEING, BUT FROM OUR SIDE OF IT, IF WE SEE OR KNOW OF A FAMILY THAT NEEDS US THE MOST, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE'LL CONNECT THOSE SERVICES IMMEDIATELY. AS IT RELATES TO STUDENTS THAT WE KNOW THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT MAY NOT BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED OR ENROLLED, WE CONTINUOUSLY SEND OUR SOCIAL WORKERS OR OUR STAFF AND WE HAVE SCHOOL BASED STAFF THAT GOES OUT TO THEIR PARTICULAR COMMUNITY THAT THEY SERVE TO BE ABLE TO TRY

102TO ACTIVATE A PARENT AND HELP THE PARENT BEING ABLE TO BRING THAT STUDENT TO OUR SCHOOLS. THERE WAS LEGISLATION AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HAS BEEN PUSHED RELATED TO ATTENDANCE THROUGH THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND WE DON'T WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE. IT IS THE LAST RESORT, BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOME TEETH FOR THAT PROCESS. I THINK THAT HAS KIND OF GONE AWAY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S ABOUT TRIANGULATING SERVICES TO HELP THEM HAVE A SENSE OF HOPE AND BE SUCCESSFUL. WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES AND LEAD THROUGH OUR INNOVATION OFFICE TO HAVE THE CONNECTIVITY. Karen Perez: BUT THE STUDENTS AREN'T EVEN ENROLLED IN OUR SCHOOLS SO THEY ARE NOT EVEN ON TARGET. HOW WE ENDED UP HAVING THIS YOUNG CHILD IS THAT THE OFFICER

103SENT AN E-MAIL TO KIM BAYS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT THIS CHILD WASN'T EVEN ENROLLED. IT'S MANY OF THEM JUST LIKE THIS ONE CHILD. IF WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT TO SHORE UP FOR THESE CHILDREN TO MAKE SURE. AND THEN ALSO, I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE ISSUE WITH JAMES ELEMENTARY. THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN SILVER OAKS. OF COURSE, WITH THE MEDIA FOCUS ON SILVER OAKS WITH THE MOLD AND MILDEW THAT'S IN THE APARTMENTS AND HOW IT AFFECTS OUR CHILDREN'S LEARNING, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR WHEN MOLD AND MILDEW IS IN OUR CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENT, THE INCREASE FOR ABSENCE, THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH, AND CAN YOU TALK TO WHAT THE DISTRICT IS PROVIDING FOR THESE SUPPORTS FOR THESE CHILDREN AT THIS TIME? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS

104WAS NEW TO US, AND I THINK IT WAS THIS WEEKEND WE HAD COLLABORATION ABOUT THIS. AND I STARTED IMMEDIATELY TO ENGAGE MS. McRAE ABOUT THE AWARENESS OF THIS. ONE THING FROM OUR SIDE OF IT, IT WILL HAVE TO BE CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THE CITY AND THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO DETERMINE IN WHATEVER DEVELOPER OR HOUSING AUTHORITY MAY BE LEADING THAT PROJECT FROM OUR SIDE OF IT, ONE THING THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO IS OFFER CONTINUED RESOURCES DURING THE SUMMER FOR SUMMER SCHOOL IN THAT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION. THAT WILL MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE STUDENTS CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY HAVE ONGOING STABILITY EVERY SINGLE DAY IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY ARE LOVED AND CARED FOR, ESSENTIALS FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. ANY TYPE OF ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THAT ARE TAKEN, WHETHER OR NOT THEY DISPLACE THESE INDIVIDUALS, LEAVE THIS

105PARTICULAR HOUSING COMPLEX, WE WILL BE THERE TO HOPEFULLY COORDINATE EFFORTS WITH THEM. WHETHER THAT'S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHILDREN'S BOARD, PARTNERSHIP WITH ANY AUTHORITY, WE WILL MAKE CERTAIN THAT IS A REALITY. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP OUR EYE ON IT. WE'LL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE OUR PRINCIPALS AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT PROACTIVE STEPS WE'LL BE THE TAKE TO MAKE SURE WE SERVE OUR CHILDREN AND WRAP ARMS AROUND THEM WHEN NEEDED. Karen Perez: IT IS A RED FLAG FOR ME. JAMES HAS BEEN A FAILING SCHOOL. AND TO GET ANOTHER PICTURE WITH THE FACT THAT THERE'S MOLD AND MILDEW IN THE LIVES OF THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT IS ANOTHER ADDED CONCERN AS FAR AS THEIR LEARNING OR THEIR INABILITY TO REALLY LEARN. WHEN THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR WELLNESS

106IS AT STAKE. SO IF THEY CAN'T COME TO SCHOOL, IF THEY ARE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEIR HEALTH IS AT STAKE, THEY COME TO SCHOOL WITH THE INABILITY TO BE ABLE TO REALLY LEARN. MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT ISSUE AS WELL TO SEE WHAT OTHER SUPPORTS WE COULD PUT IN PLACE TO HELP THEM MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR LEARNING IN THE SCHOOL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. GO BOLTS. I'LL LET MEMBER WASHINGTON SPEAK ON THAT AS WELL SINCE HE'S EMBLEMATICALLY SEEN FROM HIS SHIRT. AND ALSO, THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GREAT GRADUATES OF 2022, OUR WONDERFUL PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, STAFF, COUNSELORS, ALL WHO MADE THIS OCCUR AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. BOARD MEMBERS, A NOTE OF SERIOUSNESS, AS WE ALL KNOW, AND THANK YOU MEMBER WASHINGTON

107AND MADAM CHAIR FOR RECOGNIZING THE HORRIFIC SITUATION THAT WAS EXPERIENCED IN UVALDE, TEXAS. I KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE WHAT THE CITY -- THE CHIEF OF POLICE, CITY OF TAMPA, DECLARED NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY FOR JUNE 3rd FOLLOWING THAT, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE HAVING ALSO A PROCLAMATION. WE REALIZE THAT THE SAFETY AND THE WELFARE OF OUR CHILDREN, THUS THE COMMUNITIES, IS A TRUE CONCERN FOR US ALL. MANY OF US HAVE CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, AND THIS FEAR DEFINITELY INCLUDES OUR FRONTLINE FOLKS, THE SECRETARIES AS THEY ENTER THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, THE TEACHERS, THE BUS DRIVERS AND ON AND ON IT GOES. AND TO THIS END, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AND THANK YOU, MR. PORTER, THAT WE GO AHEAD AS A BOARD, PLACE ON THE AGENDA FOR JUNE 21st, OUR

108NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, TO DECLARE AND RECOGNIZE JUNE 3rd AS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY. IF I CAN JUST HAVE THAT RECOGNIZED -- NOT ME, ALL OF US, FOR THE DIGNITY AND RESPECT FOR THE CHILDREN AND MANY, UNFORTUNATELY, ADULTS OCCURRING FROM VARIOUS INCIDENTS, I PERSONALLY WOULD BE VERY APPRECIATIVE. SO LET ME JUST REPHRASE THE MOTION. THE BOARD ON JUNE 21st, TO DECLARE AND RECOGNIZE JUNE 3rd AS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY, AND THIS IS IN THE SPIRIT OF THE CITY OF AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS WELL TO EMBRACE THE SITUATION AS BEST WE CAN. SO THAT'S THE MOTION. Jim Porter: THE MOTION IS TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA SO THE BOARD CAN FULLY DISCUSS IT IF YOU WANT TO DO IT ON THE NEXT BOARD MEETING

109ON JUNE 21st. [INAUDIBLE] Jim Porter: CORRECT, BUT THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE A MOTION TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA. IT IS A NON-SUBSTANTIVE MATTER. THE COUNTY COMMISSION DID A PROCLAMATION. THE CITY OF TAMPA JUST DID SORT OF A RECOGNITION OF THE DAY. THIS WOULD BE MORE LIKE WHAT THE CITY OF TAMPA DID. IT'S JUST TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. THE CITY DID IT FOR JUNE 3rd, JUST AWARENESS OF GUN VIOLENCE. THAT'S ALL IT IS. THE COUNTY DID A FULL PROCLAMATION. I THINK MS. GRAY'S MOTION IS MORE LIKE THE CITY OF TAMPA. IT'S JUST A RECOGNITION OF JUNE 3rd. Stacy Hahn: OKAY. WE JUST HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. USUALLY THE SUPERINTENDENT PUTS IT ON -- Lynn Gray: THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WAS GOING TO JUST MENTION

110IT JUST BECAUSE I WANTED THE DISCUSSION, BUT BECAUSE IT'S IN MY COMMENTS, I JUST FROM THIS POINT I THOUGHT WE WOULD DISCUSS IT AS PART OF THE AGENDA. Jim Porter: I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA OF THE BOARD BEING FORCED TO VOTE ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT TONIGHT. THIS IS JUST TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT BASED ON YOU'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE, IF YOU DON'T FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT, THAT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU, YOU WOULDN'T PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. THIS MOTION IS JUST TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. Nadia Combs: MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WOULD IT USUALLY GO THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT? Jim Porter: IT'S THE SUPERINTENDENT'S AGENDA. THE SUPERINTENDENT CREATES THE AGENDA. THE BOARD

111MEMBERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST SOMETHING BE ON THE AGENDA. YOU ALSO HAVE AT RIGHT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL. YOU CAN'T DICTATE WHAT THE AGENDA IS. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING SUBSTANTIVE. IT DOESN'T COST THE DISTRICT ANY MONEY. IT'S A RECOGNITION OF A DAY THAT OTHER GOVERNMENTS HAVE DONE. NOT INAPPROPRIATE FOR A BOARD MEMBER TO MAKE THAT SORT OF MOTION. IF YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT, THEN YOU SHOULD VOTE NO. AND MS. GRAY THEN COULD ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA OR IT COULD JUST DIE. THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING DISCUSSED NOW SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA FOR A FUTURE TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. PORTER, FOR THE CLARIFICATION. SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE A

112SECOND? MEMBER WASHINGTON HAS A SECOND. NOW IT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. Jim Porter: WE SHOULD NOT DISCUSS THE SUBSTANCE OF THIS. THIS IS JUST WHETHER, TO YOUR POINT, DR. HAHN, YOUR POINT, MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS BEING DONE AT THE DAIS, THAT IS COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE AND YOU WOULD VOTE NO. AND MS. GRAY COULD ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA IF SHE WANTED TO DO THAT. Nadia Combs: MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: I UNDERSTAND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT EVERY MEETING NOW SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET INTO THIS HABIT OF DOING THIS INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE PROPER -- YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL PROTOCOL. SO THAT'S WHAT CONCERNS ME. IT'S NOT THE TOPIC OF THIS AGENDA ITEM. I -- YOU KNOW, IT JUST TAKES US ALL OFF GUARD

113A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WE ALL VERY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. BUT I JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO START TO BECOME THE HABIT EVERY TIME SOMEBODY WANTS TO HAVE SOMETHING PUT ON THE AGENDA. THAT'S MY CONCERN. I ABSOLUTELY THINK THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS AND TO SUPPORT, BUT MY COMMENTS ARE MORE AROUND THE PROCESS. Nadia Combs: I THINK THE CONCERN IS THE WAY OF WORK OF HOW THE WAY OF WORK AS FAR AS THE MEETING. THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN, WAY OF WORK. NOT THE TOPIC. IT IS THE WAY OF WORK AND HOW THE PROCESS GOES. IF THAT OPENS UP, WHAT HAPPENS FOR FUTURE MOTIONS. SO THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN. Jim Porter: I WILL NOTE THAT IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR SOMETHING TO BE

114DISCUSSED TONIGHT THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. THE ONLY PATH FORWARD FOR A BOARD MEMBER FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD BE TO DO WHAT MS. GRAY DID. I ALSO WANT TO ADD IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR A SUBSTANTIVE MATTER THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION. THIS IS A CEREMONIAL TYPE OF MOTION. SO THERE IS A DISTINCTION. I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO YOUR POINT, DR. HAHN. IT IS SOMETHING TO ALWAYS BE AWARE OF. THIS IS NOT IMPROPER, THOUGH, TO CONSIDER IT AND IT IS ONE PATH FORWARD. IF THE BOARD IS CONCERNED ABOUT A WAY OF WORK AND NOT HAVING TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN SOMETHING CEREMONIAL AND SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU DON'T GO FORWARD WITH THIS AND DISCUSS IT AT YOUR BOARD RETREAT ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE THINGS LIKE

115THIS. EACH OF YOU HAS THE RIGHT TO TO DO WHAT MS. GRAY ASKED TO DO. I WANT TO BE CLEAR SHE'S NOT OUT OF LINE BY MAKING THAT MOTION. IT'S A QUESTION OF WHETHER THE BOARD IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT WAY OF WORK. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS PUT ON OUR AGENDA FOR OUR RETREAT COMING UP JUST SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT A LITTLE FURTHER. I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD ALMOST FOUR YEARS, FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THIS, JUST SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT AS A BOARD AND DISCUSS ALL THE IMPLICATIONS AROUND IT OUTSIDE OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THAT WAS PRECISELY WHY I BROUGHT IT UP. I DIDN'T WANT A DEFINITIVE OTHER THAN I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE SHOWED AND SHARED WITH

116YOU ALL SO YOU COULD BE PREPARED FOR DISCUSSION. THAT WAS MY WHOLE MODUS OPERANDI. I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD MANY YEARS. I'M NOT IN THE HABIT OF DOING THIS. NEVER DONE IT, OR MAYBE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE. I DON'T KNOW. BUT IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO I BELIEVE TO PREPARE THE BOARD ADEQUATELY FOR CERTAIN DISCUSSIONS. LET IT SERVE TO EACH OF YOU AS A NOTION, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE REALITY. IT IS THE SPIRIT OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND I WILL SAY NATIONWIDE IS FOR PROCLAMATIONS TO BE MADE. WE CAN EITHER DO IT AS A BOARD OR WE CAN JUST SAY I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY PART OF IT OR WE CAN PUT IT OFF FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION. THE POINT IS, THERE'S

117RELEVANCY NOW. THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMFORT OR PUBLIC NEEDS THAT WE HAVE A BOARD THAT IS STANDING BY FOR THE LOVE AND THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN, AND TO ME, THIS SHOWS AN UTMOST AMOUNT OF RESPECT. WHETHER WE PUT IT FOR THE RETREAT, IT'S FINE BY ME. Nadia Combs: WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE IF WE HAVE A SECOND. I THINK WE -- DO WE HAVE A SECOND? Stacy Hahn: WE DO. YES. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OR RELEVANCE OF THIS ITEM. IT IS THE PROCESS THAT I THINK MEMBER COMBS AND I ARE KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT. SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: YEAH, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T FIND IT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. I MEAN, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND I TALKED ABOUT

118HIS COMMENTS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE MOMENT OF PRAYER. I THINK THE PROCESS, I DON'TIC LOO THE PROCESS OR THE WAY OF WORK. SO WHEN I VOTE AGAINST IT, IT'S NOT THAT I'M VOTING AGAINST A PROCLAMATION. I'M VOTING AGAINST THE WAY OF WORK IN CREATING A NEW WAY OF WORK NO MATTER WHAT THE TOPIC IS. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. IT'S NO AT NEW WAY OF WORK, BUT THERE'S NEVER BEEN A MOTION TO CARRY A PROCLAMATION AT THE END OF BOARD COMMENTS? HAS THERE BEEN? Jim Porter: IN THE PAST, I ALWAYS ADVISE BOARD MEMBERS A COUPLE OF THINGS. YOU CAN'T MAKE A MOTION OUT OF THE BLUE AND ASK THE BOARD TO VOTE ON IT AT THE MEETING. IN THE PAST, BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MADE SIMILAR TYPE MOTIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE ABOUT

119PROCLAMATIONS BUT TO ASK THAT AN ITEM BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA. THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST. I CAN'T VERIFY WHETHER THEY WERE PROCLAMATIONS OR SOME OTHER THINGS THAT DIDN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF REQUIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION. BUT IT'S CLEARLY A DISCUSSION THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE AT YOUR RETREAT ABOUT WHETHER YOU WANT TO GO FORWARD IN THIS KIND OF WAY OR NOT. Nadia Combs: OKAY. MR. WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: YES. MR. PORTER, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE IT ON THE 3rd, SAME DATE? Jim Porter: THE DATE HAS ALREADY PASSED. IT WAS JUNE 3rd. CITY DID IT FOR JUNE 3rd. COUNTY COMMISSION DID THEIRS LAST WEEK ON JUNE 3rd AS WELL. IT WAS RECOGNITION OF ONE DAY THAT THE CITY AND COUNTY RECOGNIZED ON JUNE 3rd. Henry "Shake" Washington: OKAY. Jim Porter: THE OTHER OPTION

120WOULD BE IF MS. GRAY WANTED TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION AND TALK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA OR WHATEVER. Lynn Gray: THAT'S FINE BY ME. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE POLITE AND A WAY TO GET THE BOARD ENGAGED AT THIS POINT IN TIME. I CERTAINLY COULD HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. THAT'S FINE. Jim Porter: MAYBE WITHDRAW THE MOTION. Lynn Gray: WITHDRAW THE MOTION. BOARD MEMBERS, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO WHAT I DID. YOU CAN DO THAT. IT'S NOT AN UNUSUAL SITUATION. Jim Porter: WHAT YOU CAN'T DO IS -- I WOULD REALLY HAVE AN OBJECTION FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT THAT IF YOU MADE A MOTION TO DO X WITHOUT ANY SORT OF NOTICE. THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO AS A BOARD MEMBER IS ASK THAT SOMETHING -- MAKE A

121MOTION TO HAVE SOMETHING PUT ON THE AGENDA. AGAIN, THAT NEEDS TO BE SORT OF A NUANCED CONVERSATION AS WELL. I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE TOPIC FOR THE RETREAT. Lynn Gray: CAN I CONTINUE? Nadia Combs: PLEASE, MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: I USUALLY DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT SERIOUS AT THE END OF BOARD MEETING, NOW I'M GOING TO FACE SCHIZOPHRENIC HERE. GO HAPPINESS. PABLO, WE DID A WONDERFUL -- I SAY WE, DEBRA BLOSSOM, WE HAD A WONDERFUL VOLUNTEER MEETING TODAY, CONGRATULATORY. WE HAD THE BULLOCK FAMILY FOUNDATION. THADDEUS BULLOCK AND DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS BRIAN BUTLER AND THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS CORPORATION, YVONNE FRYE, ALL VIE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S COMMISSIONERS BUSINESS RECOGNITION AWARD RECIPIENTS. AND ONE OF THOSE THREE WILL BE CHOSEN. PABLO. ♪ ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND WILLING TO CREATE THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN. ALL OF

122OUR TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THEM ALONG THE WAY. TODAY IS ABOUT THAT PROCESS. A LOT OF THIS DOESN'T GET DONE WITHOUT HAVING -- Lynn Gray: I KNOW MY TIME IS UP. I HAVE TO BE VERY QUICK. [AUDIO FEEDBACK] THAT SHOWS THAT MY TIME IS UP. THANK YOU, DR. MONICA VERRA-TIRADO, DR. FERLITA LEWIS, WHEREVER YOU ARE, AND ALL THOSE GREAT PARTNERS THAT HAVE REALLY COMMITTED THEIR VOLUNTEERISM AND MADE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM BIGGER THAN EVER AND ALIVE AND INNOVATIVE. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT? Addison Davis: YES, THROUGH THE CHAIR,. I THINK THE VIDEO SAYS IT ALL ABOUT HOW WE HAVE PARTNERS THAT ARE WILLING TO GO OVER AND BEYOND, WHETHER YVONNE FRY BEING ABLE TO CREATE WORK-SPACE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN JOBS OR

123BE EXPOSED TO NETWORKING AND AT THE SAME TOKEN ENGAGE IN INTERVIEW PROCESSES AND DISCOVER PATHWAYS FOR SUCCESS OR WE LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE WITH BRIAN BUTLER WHO CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WORK WITH CEOs IN SCHOOLS WHERE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN AND CIVIC LEADERS CAN CONTINUE TO WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF A PRINCIPAL, TO SHADOW OUR PRINCIPALS TO UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT ALSO THE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY AND THE GAPS THAT MAY BE EXISTING THAT THEY CAN HELP US FILL. CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THADDEUS BULLARD WHO HAS BEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL NOT ONLY AT SLIGH BUT THAT ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HELP AND GIVE HOPE TO EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS IN NEED. THANK YOU TO EACH OF THEM AND OUR FACE DEPARTMENT DID A WONDERFUL JOB. WE THANK YOU

124FOR THAT PROCESS, MRS. BLOOM AS WELL, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO RECOGNIZE CIVIC LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP US CONTINUE TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LIFE. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I THINK MY TIME IS UP. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I'D LIKE TO FIRST THANK THE ONE VOICE FOUNDATION AND OUR HOSPITAL HOME-BOUND TEACHERS FOR AN INCREDIBLE FIRST YEAR OF OUR PEDIATRIC CANCER CLASSROOM. THE ONE VOICE CLASSROOM IS A FULLY ACCREDITED K-12 CLASSROOM FOR CHILDREN WITH PEDIATRIC CANCER. IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND FIRST OF THE KIND IN OUR NATION. I'M SO HONORED TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY EARLIER THIS YEAR TO FACILITATE THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMAZING MARION MISOLO AT ONE VOICE FOUNDATION WHO IS THE VISION FOR THE

125SCHOOL. I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF MY SCHOOL BOARD COLLEAGUES TONIGHT. THIS MOU WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. I APPRECIATE THEM SUPPORTING IT AND ALLOWING THIS CLASSROOM TO CONTINUE NEXT YEAR AND GROW AND MAYBE EVEN EXPAND INTO A PRE-K-12 CLASSROOM. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK SOME OF OUR -- CONGRATULATE SOME OF OUR GRADUATES THIS YEAR WHO WERE APPOINTED AND ACCEPTED TO SOME OF OUR MILITARY ACADEMIES TO WEST POINT, WE HAVE AMANI HASKINS, RYAN MANEY, MAXWELL FULLER AND GABRIELLE SLATER. TO THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, MADISON LAWRENCE, MADDIE FRANK. TO OUR UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY, JACOB ELLIS, JAKE SITESSER, KATHERINE DINGWALL AND JOSEPH PALENIS. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU WILL A THE GRADUATES WHO WILL GO ON AND SERVE OUR COUNTRY AND MAKE US ALL VERY PROUD IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO

126JUST RECOGNIZE THE POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE. I THINK, PABLO, YOU HAVE A PHOTO I SENT YOU. THE POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE TAMPA BAY HAS PARTNERED WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS. AND THEIR PROGRAM -- THEY PROVIDE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUR COACHES, PARENTS, AND STUDENT ATHLETES. AND IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF DEVELOPING OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND OUR COACHES. THESE ARE SKILLS THAT THEY DON'T -- THEY NOT ONLY USE THROUGHOUT THEIR SPORTS CAREER IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT ONCE THEY GRADUATE, THESE ARE SKILLS THAT CARRY THEM THROUGH LIFE, WHETHER THEY CONTINUE AS ATHLETES OR NOT. THE MISSION OF THE POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE TAMPA BAY IS TO TRANSFORM THE YOUTH AND HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS CULTURE INTO AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYONE, INCLUDING COACHES, PARENTS AND STUDENTS HAVE POSITIVE CHARACTER BUILDING EXPERIENCES THAT RESULT IN BETTER

127ATHLETES AND BETTER PEOPLE. AND THIS YEAR, PCA GAVE OUT SCHOLARSHIPS. THE STUDENT ATHLETES, WE HAD EIGHT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THEY ARE SENIORS, AND THEY GOT $2,000 SCHOLARSHIPS APIECE, AND THERE IS A PICTURE OF THEM AT THE RAYS GAME. AND THERE IS A GROUP OF ALL OF THE RECIPIENTS. PCA GAVE OUT OVER $50,000. GAVE OUT $50,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE STUDENTS. THANK YOU TO POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM TO DEVELOP OUR ATHLETES AND OUR COACHES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. WE ARE GOING TO -- I'M WORKING WITH THE IBEW TO HELP JAMES OUT. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS

128OF HAVING A FOOD PANTRY PUT THERE TO HELP THOSE STUDENTS WHICH THEY REALLY NEED, AND THEY ALSO GOING TO ADOPT THAT SCHOOL. SO THAT WOULD HELP THEM OUT A GREAT DEAL OVER IN THAT AREA. I BELIEVE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, JAMES IS ON THE VEN INDICATION THIS -- RENOVATION THIS SUMMER WITH NEW -- WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. SO THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS, FOR PUTTING THAT IN THERE. MOVING ALONG, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2022. I HAD THE HONOR TO CONFIRM THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS. KING HIGH SCHOOL, BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL, SPOTO HIGH SCHOOL, ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEY HAD EXCELLENT, THE STUDENTS, THEY WERE EXCELLENT, WELL BEHAVED. WE HAD A GREAT TIME BECAUSE I LIKE TO FIRE THEM UP AND GET

129THEM GOING. WE HAD A GOOD TIME. I REALLY ENJOY. I REALLY DID ENJOY. IT WAS REALLY NICE. PABLO, DO YOU HAVE -- OKAY. SO THE LAST TIME DR. WHELAN, WHEN I WAS EXPLAINING THIS ABOUT THE SUNCOAST SUPPORTS, I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE. I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. SO I WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN. YOU KNOW SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION HELPED MEMBERS LIVE THEIR BEST LIVES. THEY GET FREE CHECKING WITH NO MONTHLY FEES, LOWER RATES, LOANS AND HIGHER EARNINGS ON DEPOSIT. THEY ALSO OFFER LOTS OF SERVICES. EDUCATORS CHOICE. EXCLUSIVE FOR FEA MEMBERS. SUMMER SKIP PROGRAM THAT HELPED ME AND MY WIFE 40 SOME YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST GOT IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE DIDN'T HAVE SUMMER JOBS LIKE THEY HAVE NOW. SO WE WERE OFF DURING THE SUMMER, BUT WE WERE OFF DURING THE SUMMER WITH NO

130MONEY. SO WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE CHECK DURING THE REGULAR SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN SOME OF YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY. THEN WE GOT THE SUNCOAST HEROES MORTGAGE, EVERYDAY HEROES LIKE EDUCATORS ACHIEVE THEIR HOME OWNERSHIP, DREAMS WITH LOW-FIXED RATE MORTGAGE OPTIONS. IT'S A LOT GOING ON TO HELP TEACHERS IN THIS AREA. THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS VISIT THE SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION.COM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW SUNCOAST IS HERE FOR YOU. THAT SHOULD HELP DURING THE SUMMER TIME OR WHATEVER NEEDS YOU HAVE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. FIRST, THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, FOR REALLY GOING OVER SECURITY AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND CHIEF NEWTON FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DOING. WE HAVE SUCH A

131GREAT SECURITY TEAM. WITHOUT A QUESTION, THAT IS A PARENT'S BIGGEST FEAR, AND IT'S SO TRAGIC, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT IT AND MAKING SURE THAT WHEN PARENTS DROP THEIR CHILDREN OFF THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND THAT OUR SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO BE A SAFETY -- SAFE ORGANIZATION, SAFE PLACE FOR THEM TO GO. I ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES THIS YEAR. IT WAS AMAZING. THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF BEING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, BEING ABLE TO SEE THESE STUDENTS GO ACROSS AND HEARING THE SPEECHES. AS A MATTER OF FACT, LAST YEAR, THAT WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE, AND THROUGH THAT, I ENDED UP GETTING THIS AMAZING YOUNG LADY WHO IS HERE TODAY. I HAVE AN INTERN THIS SUMMER. HAILEY VANDALE, THE VALEDICTORIAN AT SICKLES OVER A YEAR

132AGO. SHE IS COMING IN OUR DISTRICT AS A GRADUATE AND REALLY WANTING TO DO WORK AND SHE'S WORKING WITH KRISTIN DAVIS AS WELL AS MYSELF AND REALLY DOING A LOT OF LOOKING AT POLICY WORK. SO THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN HAVING SOMEONE WHO GRADUATED. I'M TRYING TO BEG HER TO BE A TEACHER, BUT I THINK SHE WILL DO SOMETHING ELSE IN POLICY WORK, BUT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR DISTRICT AND LEARNING ABOUT HOW THINGS WORK AND ALSO HAVING HER EYES, HER LOOKING AT THE LENS THROUGH OUR EYES AND HOW THINGS CAN IMPROVE FOR THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. I WANT TO THANK HER FOR THAT AND THANK HER FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. ALSO, JUST CONGRATULATIONS SHANNON PECK, WHO IS A TEACHER AT STEINBRENNER HIGH SCHOOL WHO RECEIVED AN APPROPRIATIONS

133FROM GOVERNOR DESANTIS FOR $750,000. AND SHE IS GOING TO CONTINUE DOING HER WORK ON MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE LEARNING THROUGH AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, THROUGH THEIR ROOTS OF THE CEMETERY. SO THAT MONEY WILL ENGAGE STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TEACHING HISTORY THROUGH THE GRAVE SITES AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS THROUGH THAT GRANT. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. WE HAVE SO MANY AMAZING TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AS YOU SAW TONIGHT THAT DO SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS. FINALLY, TO ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED THE COMMISSIONER'S AWARD RECIPIENT TODAY, WE HAVE SO MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO PUT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. FINALLY, THERE IS A HUGE SHORTAGE OF

134TEACHERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I WAS HONORED TO BE ASKED BY DR. ROLL TO BE AT THE DEAN CIRCLE OF USF. SO I WILL BE INVOLVED IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THROUGH THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION HOW WE CAN BRING MORE TEACHERS IN FOR EDUCATION AND HOW WE CONTINUE HAVING NOT ONLY HAVING TEACHERS BUT RETAINING TEACHERS AND GROWING TEACHERS TO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR DISTRICT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. I HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A GREAT SUMMER AND GO BOLTS, RIGHT? THANK YOU. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.